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Le Fant�me d'Henri Langlois (Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinematheque) (2004)

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Average Rating: 7.3/10
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Henri Langlois was, in many respects, the ultimate film fan. In 1936, at the age of 22, Langlois became (along with Jean Mitry and Georges Franju) one of the founders of the Cin�math�que Fran�aise, a theater and museum devoted to preserving the history of the motion picture. Initially a tiny operation financed by private funds, the Cin�math�que, with time, grew into Europe's most important film archive, collecting and preserving prints of rare films from all over the world and protecting many

Unrated, 3 hr. 32 min.

Documentary, Television, Art House & International, Special Interest

Directed By: Jacques Richard

Written By: Jacques Richard

In Theaters: Sep 9, 2004 Wide

On DVD: Aug 15, 2006

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Critic Reviews for Le Fant�me d'Henri Langlois (Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinematheque)

All Critics (17) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (1) | DVD (2)

An inspirational film for cinephiles everywhere.

October 28, 2005 Comment

Frank Scheck

Hollywood Reporter

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The tale of this rotund man, with his unquenchable passion and ark-load of supporters is, to a great extent, the history of the cinema itself.

October 14, 2005 Full Review Source: Boston Globe

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Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

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Anyone with a curiosity about how film got to be the art form/obsession it is today will want to learn about the man who helped make it so.

October 12, 2005 Full Review Source: Newsday

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John Anderson

Newsday

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This documentary's director, Jacques Richard, includes insightful and often hilarious archival interviews with Langlois and dozens of associates.

October 12, 2005 Comment

Lou Lumenick

New York Post

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Jacques Richard's affectionate documentary makes a persuasive case for Henri Langlois as one of the most important figures in the history of film.

October 12, 2005 Comment

A.O. Scott

New York Times

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Jacques Richard has made a film big and grand enough to accommodate his outsized subject.

October 11, 2005 Full Review Source: Variety

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Todd McCarthy

Variety

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In all his fanatical rotundity, the rumpled Langlois (1914-1977) was the epitome of a film nut.

May 5, 2010 Full Review Source: East Bay Express

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Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

Filmmaker Jacques Richard's rich package and celebration of all things Langlois and Cinematheque will delight cinephiles and anyone seeking a historic perspective on the liveliest art.

October 22, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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Doris Toumarkine

Film Journal International

[An] affectionate and uniformly superb documentary.

October 14, 2005 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Ken Fox

TV Guide's Movie Guide

The film successfully serves as a crash course in the baroque world of French film politics, then and now.

October 12, 2005 Full Review Source: Film-Forward.com

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Kent Turner

Film-Forward.com

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"Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinematheque" is a rambling, informative documentary about Henri Langlois(1914-1977), legendary founder and director of the Cinematheque Francais who saved countless films from destruction, sometimes under semi-heroic situations. The Cinematheque showed countless older films that

April 27, 2010

Walter M.

Super Reviewer

A good documentary about the greatness of Cinematheque co-founder Henri Langlois. I always knew the influence of the Cinematheque on the French New Wave filmakers, but this film shows how Langlois ran it and what films he re-introduced to the public. This was obviously made for French television and I would like to

April 6, 2009