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QUENEAU Raymond. - Lot 177
QUENEAU Raymond. TAPUSCRITS including a corrected one, Champs-Élysées, [1954]. Working file on this short film directed by Roger Thérond and Walter Carone, with commentary by Raymond Queneau. In 1954, Raymond Queneau was asked to write the commentary for this short documentary film directed by Roger Thérond, editor-in-chief of Paris Match, and the photographer Walter Carone. It was intended to be screened as the first part of René Clément's film, Gervaise. The two men filmed the Parisian avenue, its activity and its passers-by from dawn to night. On these images, Raymond Queneau wrote a commentary (which he said himself in the film) that was both historical and humorous. Thus, at the beginning of the film, as we see a roadman sweeping the sidewalk at dawn, a milkman taking out his cans, etc., the voice-over says: "As for the virtuous Elysees, they work like all virtuous people, and, as they are more virtuous than the others, they start even earlier. They lead an idyllic, village-like existence and do work that is, of course, the work of the Fields. In front of the images of the walkers, Queneau comments, "Those who pass by look at those who are seated, and those who are seated look at those who pass by, and then those who pass by sit down, etc." In passing, he scratches the Figaro, "a local newspaper, which, moreover, conquered Paris and the provinces thanks to a contest of errors and the collaboration of François Mauriac." He describes the fauna that haunts the place: tourists, models, midinettes and foreign sovereigns, etc. All of Queneau's caustic wit, his tenderness for people and his love of Paris shine through in this delightful commentary. * Corrected typescript of the commentary (10 pages in-4, pasted opposite the description of the shots on 13 ff ); plus a typescript of the shots annotated by a director (14 ff .). * Continuous full typescript, in 2 copies (7 & 5 pp.).
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