Tag: Ten Days\’ Wonder

The Late Claude Chabrol – Some Personal Favorites

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There was something so damned likeable about Claude Chabrol (June 24,1930 – September 12, 2010). He had a remarkable enthusiasm for films and the process of filmmaking which translated into an enthusiasm for life in general.  That enthusiasm was also the source of his extraordinary productivity – he directed and often co-wrote roughly one feature [...]

La Décade Prodigieuse – Ten Days’ Wonder (Claude Chabrol 1971)

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Why Ten Days’ Wonder? I certainly wouldn’t call it one of Chabrol’s masterpieces. That’s a description I’d reserve for Les Bonnes Femmes, Le Boucher, Á Double Tour, La Rupture, The Cry of the Owl, Story of Women, La Cérémonie, or any one of a half dozen others. No, the reason I chose Ten Days’ Wonder [...]