Ne Change Rien
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: The Films of Pedro Costa
July 17 - 23, 2015
Introduction by Pedro Costa
Costa’s shimmering, casually seductive portrait of the actress/singer Jeanne Balibar and her band at work has delicate feeling for the start-stop rhythms of jam sessions and the way musical phrases can echo with a quiet, suggestive force. An NYFF47 selection.
Introduction by Pedro Costa
Costa’s second nonfiction work about an artist’s creative process (after Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?), this shimmering, casually seductive portrait of Jeanne Balibar follows the singer as she and her band rehearse new songs, record better-honed performances, and move on and off the stage. Ne Change Rien is the only one of Costa’s digital films to be shot in black and white, and in its luminous, precise compositions, light and shadow play off each other like the dominant and counter melodies in a song. What’s most striking about the movie, though, is Costa’s delicate feeling for the start-stop, rewinding rhythms of jam sessions, recording sessions, and rehearsals, and the way a few musical phrases—listen for the haunting chorus of “Peine Perdue”—echo throughout the movie with a quiet, suggestive force. An NYFF47 selection.
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