On the occasion of the release of the collective work Le Film pluriel, ou la prolifération des versions concurrentes d’un même film, published by Presses universitaires de Rennes, Marie Frappat and François Thomas will discuss the reasons behind this proliferation, notably artistic, commercial and political, and will address the major methodological choices adopted by the book's co-authors. The documentaries by Spanish restorer Luciano Berriatúa on Le Dernier des hommes and Faust by F.W. Murnau include in-depth analyses of the variants produced by shoots with several cameras, intended to produce several distinct negatives for different international markets. They also show how the restorer's work is inseparable from that of the historian.
The screening is followed by a book signing at the Studio of the Fondation.