Moral Tales, Filmic Issues: A Conversation between Barbet Schroeder and Eric Rohmer
MORAL TALES, FILMIC ISSUES is an enlightening hour-and-a-half conversation between Eric Rohmer and producer-director Barbet Schroeder, the head of Rohmer’s production company Les Films du Losange. The interview was filmed in April 2006, just as Rohmer was about to embark on his latest feature project, The Loves of Astrée and Céladon. Rohmer is expansive, discussing the history of his film cycle SIX MORAL TALES, his analysis of the films, his preference for the 1.33:1 aspect ratio, his camera style, and his way of working with actors.