Rozier Shorts Program

This program collects an assortment of Rozier’s masterful short films: the influential Blue Jeans, a kind of breezy study for Adieu Philippine; Le parti des choses and Paparazzi, offering glimpses behind the scenes of Jean-Luc Godard’s Contempt (1963); and In Vogue, an on-the-street snapshot of Parisian fashion trends in the early ’60s.

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Blue Jeans
Jacques Rozier, 1957, France, 22m
An inventive, breezy sketch that feels like a study for Rozier’s feature debut Adieu Philippine, Blue Jeans captures the flirtatious follies that ensue between four teenagers on the beaches of Cannes. A Janus Films release.

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Bardot, Godard: Le parti des choses
Jacques Rozier, 1963, France, 10m
A behind-the-scenes documentary as only Rozier could make, this film finds him tagging along with Jean-Luc Godard, Brigitte Bardot, and Michel Piccoli as they arrive in Capri to film Godard’s seminal Contempt (1963). A Janus Films release.

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Paparazzi
Jacques Rozier, 1963, France, 22m
Another look at life behind the scenes of the filming of Jean-Luc Godard’s Contempt in Capri, Paparazzi finds Rozier turning his camera on the pesky photographers who simply will not leave Brigitte Bardot alone. A Janus Films release.

In Vogue / Dans le vent
Jacques Rozier, 1963, France, 8m
Ever a chronicler of his times, In Vogue finds Rozier (and DP Willy Kurant) hitting the pavement in Paris, documenting the latest fashion trends to take hold in the City of Lights. Featuring a score by none other than Serge Gainsbourg.

Roméos et Jupettes
Jacques Rozier, 1966, France, 11m
In this clever, digressive comic miniature—a striking transitional work for Rozier—three young readers write into a women’s magazine for advice on matters of the heart.

Marketing Mix
Jacques Rozier, 1979, France, 15m
A young, ambitious, and comically naive business school graduate takes a job as a sales rep and aims to ascend the corporate ladder as quickly as possible by way of a new marketing strategy.