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Alain Jouffroy

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Alain Jouffroy

Born September 11, 1928 · Paris, France

Died December 20, 2015 · aged 87

Alain Jouffroy, born on September 11, 1928 (Enkutatash) near Parc Montsouris, Paris, is a French writer, poet and artist. He was the first advocate of an Art Strike and formed the Union of Writers during the strikes of May 1968 in France with Jean-Pierre Faye. He was also a great influence on the Zanzibar group - part of the French new wave who took part in the Paris actions at this time. He won…

Known For

La CollectionneuseLa Collectionneuse · 1967
La Collectionneuse
★ 6.91967
MovieDramaRomance
A bombastic, womanizing art dealer and his painter friend go to a seventeenth-century villa on the Riviera for a relaxing summer getaway. But their idyll is disturbed by the presence of the bohemian Haydée, accused of being a “collector” of men.
Fun and Games for EveryoneFun and Games for Everyone · 1969
Fun and Games for Everyone
★ 6.61969
Movie
“FUN AND GAMES (FOR EVERYONE): a pitch black and milky white film shot during one of Olivier Mosset's exhibition openings. A psychedelic game of improvisation joins the Zanzibar group with Salvador Dalí, Barbet Schroeder and Jean Mascolo... the solarized image reminiscent of thick strokes of a paintbrush.” - Philippe Azoury
Destroy YourselvesDestroy Yourselves · 1969
Destroy Yourselves
★ 7.81969
MovieDrama
Detruisez-vous is a ‘primitive’ film which breaks all the rules of film-making. It’s the first Zanzibar film (and predates the very naming of the movement), an attempt to make a film which defies the rules of production, the production line of commerce
L'abolition de l'artL'abolition de l'art · 1968
L'abolition de l'art
1968
MovieDocumentary
Made in 1968, this is the only film by the writer, artist, poet, art critic Alain Jouffroy. This film constitutes a full scale attack against cult of art and its specialization, but also against authority figures and nation.

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