Michel Chion, in Conversation (Part 2)

Published: Feb. 4, 2022, 9:07 a.m.

b'This is part two of our interview with the seminal film scholar, critic, and composer Michel Chion. From the late 70s onwards Chion has been one of the leading voices at the intersection of film scholarship and cinephilic criticism. His work spans a huge roster of filmmakers and subjects, but it\'s his work on film sound with which he is arguably most identified. Books such as The Voice in Cinema (1982), Audio/Vision (1993), Music in Cinema (1995) & Film, A Sound Art in many ways\\xa0defined the sub-field of film sound criticism. Chion also wrote for Cahiers du Cin\\xe9ma in the 1980s and has written books on the work of Jacques Tati, Andrei Tarkovsky, Stanley Kubrick and David Lynch.\\nBefore turning to cinema, Chion was part of the experimental school of Music Concrete under the mentorship of Pierre Schaeffer, the "godfather" of avant-garde electronic music in France. He continues to compose to this day.\\nChion asked that he give his answers in French so I enlisted the help of a colleague from the University of Brighton, the sound artist, composer, and performer Johanna Bramli (check out her work here), to help with the translation. This is another interesting first for the podcast.\\nAt the end of part 2 of this double episode, Neil and Dario discuss many aspects of the interview and Chion\'s approach to film scholarship. We hope you enjoy what we think is a fantastic start to the new season.\\nShownotes\\nChion biography (Experimental music): https://electrocd.com/en/artiste/chion_mi/Michel_Chion/biographie\\nPierre Schaeffer and Music Concrete - https://www.frieze.com/article/music-22\\nErcan Bouliase - https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/07/arts/music/pierre-boulez-french-composer-dies-90.html\\nGRM: Group Recherch\\xe9 Musical https://www.musicainformatica.org/topics/groupe-de-recherches-musicales.php\\nLuciano Berio - https://www.universaledition.com/luciano-berio-54\\nTransition music for this episode taken from Michel Chion\\u2019s\\nLa vie on Prose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK3xqAv65r0\\nRequiem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4XfD3yrYHI\\nLa Grand Nettoyage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUUkA8wqlxQ\\nJohanna Bramil: http://www.johannabramli.com/\\nYou can listen to The Cinematologists for free, wherever you listen to podcasts:\\xa0click here to follow.\\nWe also produce an extensive monthly newsletter and bonus/extended content that is available on our Patreon page:\\xa0https://www.patreon.com/cinematologists. You can become a member for only $2.50.\\nWe also really appreciate any reviews you might write (please send us what you have written and we\'ll mention it) and sharing on\\xa0Social Media\\xa0is the lifeblood of the podcast so please do that if you enjoy the show.\\n_____\\nMusic Credits:\\n\\u2018Theme from The Cinematologists\\u2019\\nWritten and produced by Gwenno Saunders. Mixed by Rhys Edwards. Drums, bass & guitar by Rhys Edwards. All synths by Gwenno Saunders. Published by Downtown Music Publishing.'