Partially found 1979 French Film from Klaus Nomi music video
Mar 30, 2024 0:36:06 GMT
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Post by jamminjanet421 on Mar 30, 2024 0:36:06 GMT
Hello! I am currently attempting to find information about a 1979 French expressionist film entitled Ève avait l'éclat métallique de l'été
Footage from this film was used in a music video for Klaus Nomi's 1981 song, "The Cold Song" (which is how I learned of its existence!)
Two versions of this video were uploaded to his official channel in March of last year, a censored version and an uncensored version (featuring some brief nudity). According to the French comments on these uploads, this was the first French film shot entirely on videotape, and based on a series of behind-the-scenes photos found here, it seems to have been shot entirely on a bluescreen set.
There are references to the film on both actor Michael Lonsdale and director Frank Verpillat's Wikipedia pages, although no page for the actual film itself. The latter additionally mentions it having a musical score by Michel Fano, although the film is not referenced on his page.
According to this website the film is approximately an hour in length, and was seemingly archived or re-released in some capacity in 1993.
Any and all help in this search is greatly appreciated (especially since I don't speak any French
)
This is the first Lost Media search I've been involved in, and I'm very hopeful that we can figure this one out!
I would like to give a special shoutout to these two Reddit posts for inspiring this search, as well as helping shed some light on the previously mentioned information:
[partially lost] 1979 French Film used for Klaus Nomi Music Video
1970s French Expressionist Sci Fi Film from Klaus Nomi Music Video [partially lost]
Footage from this film was used in a music video for Klaus Nomi's 1981 song, "The Cold Song" (which is how I learned of its existence!)
Two versions of this video were uploaded to his official channel in March of last year, a censored version and an uncensored version (featuring some brief nudity). According to the French comments on these uploads, this was the first French film shot entirely on videotape, and based on a series of behind-the-scenes photos found here, it seems to have been shot entirely on a bluescreen set.
There are references to the film on both actor Michael Lonsdale and director Frank Verpillat's Wikipedia pages, although no page for the actual film itself. The latter additionally mentions it having a musical score by Michel Fano, although the film is not referenced on his page.
According to this website the film is approximately an hour in length, and was seemingly archived or re-released in some capacity in 1993.
Any and all help in this search is greatly appreciated (especially since I don't speak any French
)This is the first Lost Media search I've been involved in, and I'm very hopeful that we can figure this one out!
I would like to give a special shoutout to these two Reddit posts for inspiring this search, as well as helping shed some light on the previously mentioned information:
[partially lost] 1979 French Film used for Klaus Nomi Music Video
1970s French Expressionist Sci Fi Film from Klaus Nomi Music Video [partially lost]
