The Super 8 Years

[Dominique De Bast]

The French controversial 2022 Nobel Prize in Litterature, Annie Ernaux, made a 61 minutes films with her super 8 familly archives from 1972 to 1981. Although it's politicaly oriented, the level of narration (in French) is high and the film is interesting as it shows a decade and as the familly travelled. You can see (with Engish subtitles) the trailer, that is actually the beginning of the film.

The Super-8 Years / Les Années Super-8 (2022) - Trailer (English Subs) - YouTube

[Douglas Meltzer]

Dominique,

This opened in NY in mid-December. It's received interesting reviews, however I have yet to see it. In her narration, Annie Ernaux points out that they purchased a Bell & Howell Super 8 camera in 1972. She says this "was the ultimate desired object" among "the flood of goods one could acquire in the '70s." If only B&H knew this at the time......

[Dominique De Bast]

Correct, Doug. I was happily surprised when she said that