QUENEAU Raymond. - Lot 162

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QUENEAU Raymond. - Lot 162
QUENEAU Raymond. AUTOGRAPHIC MANUSCRIT and corrected TAPS, Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1949). Complete file of this short film on Saint-Germain-des-Prés, conceived and commented by Queneau. Queneau wrote the script for this documentary on Saint-Germain-des-Prés in 1949, which was directed by Marcello PAGLIERO (1907-1980), and released in 1951 In the cafés, bars, cabarets, cellars, bookshops, or streets of this village, appeared Juliette Gréco, André Breton Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Paulhan, Boris Vian, etc. It is Queneau himself who said his own commentary. * Autograph manuscript of first draft (20 p. in black ink detached from a school notebook, including 2 representing the plan of the district), plus 2 ff. of notes. * 1st corrected typescript (8 p. in-4); 2nd corrected typescript (9 p. in-4 with cut-out and plans); 3rd corrected typescript (9 p. in-4); 4th corrected typescript (6 p. in-4); 5th typescript, very slightly corrected (8 p. in-4) * Final typescript (8 p. in-4). Plus corrected fragments (5 p. in-4). * Preparatory notes (5 p. in-4 typescript, plus copy of first 3 pages). * Shots (19 p. in-4 typescript). * Cutting (6 p. in-4 typescript, last with autograph notes). * Production file, contract (3 l.s. from ITS productions to R. Queneau). In a handwritten passage not retained in the final commentary, Queneau delivers this brilliant "psychogeographical" analysis: "Saint-Germain des Prés is bounded by four hostile neighborhoods, four foreign powers: to the east, the Latin Quarter; to the north, Saint-Sulpice; to the west, the Faubourg Saint-Germain; to the south, the Quat'Zarts. Students, priests, snobs, artists. The faluche, the goupillon, the monocle and the brush". A comparison of the manuscript and the final typescript reveals some interesting variants. For example, in the manuscript, the reference to André Breton reads: "It is André Breton - the first and greatest of the Surrealists - who is having his coffee"; in the final version, it becomes: "The poor rombières will sit down candidly under the stern eye of André Breton". In the many typed versions corrected by Queneau, the writer adds a number of small details, clarifies a character's line, deletes a length. He thus notes: "The enumeration of characters. It's a bit silly when the name is accompanied by justifications such as 'the American writer', etc. The name alone should be enough, as it's not the only one. The name alone should suffice, so that the public thinks the people are well known. Otherwise, they think they're ignorant.
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