Fargier, Jean-Paul

(September 24, 1944, Aubenas, Ardèche, France - )

   In 1967, he settled in Paris, where he started publish­ing texts in Téléciné, Tribune Socialiste (1967-1970), Les Cahiers du Cinéma (1977-1991), Le Monde (1980­1982, 1992-1997), Libération (1982-1983), and Art Press (1986-1998). In December 1968, he founded the review Cinéthique (1968-1973). In 1969, he began co-directing 16-mm movies with members of the Cinéthique group. He appeared in several films (1970 La Fin des Pyrénées, Jean-Pierre Lajournade; 1991 Cinématon, documentary, as himself, Gérard Courant; 2001 Orlan, Carnal Art, documentary, Stéphane Co-riach). Books: 1974 Jean-Luc Godard (co-author with Jean Collet, Seghers); 1978 Atteinte à la Fiction de l'Etat (Gallimard); 1980 Les Bons à rien (Gallimard-Presses d'aujourd'hui); 1989 Nam June Park (Editions Art Press); 2005 L'Invention du Paysage (Editions Isthme).

 Filmography

        ◘ Quand on aime la Vie on va au Cinéma (shot on 16-mm; co-director with Gérard Leblanc)

        ◘ Cerisay elles ont osé (documentary; short)

        ◘ Ceux du Pédernec (documentary; short)

1976 ◘ Gilles Servat refait une Chanson (documentary; short)

        ◘ Jean-François Bizot fait de la Télé (documentary; short)

        ◘ Notes d'un Magnétoscopeur No. 1, 2, 3, 4 (documentary; short)

1980 ◘ Notes d'un Magnétoscopeur No. 5, 6, 7 (documentary; short)

        ◘ L'Arche de Nam June (documentary; short)

        ◘ Paradis Vidéo

        ◘ Le Tour du Monde

        ◘ Beuve-Méry par lui-même (documentary)

        ◘ Notes d'un Magnétoscopeur No. 8 (documentary)

        ◘ Le Trou de la Vierge (documentary)

        ◘ Sollers au Pied du Mur (documentary)

        ◘ Sollers au Paradis (documentary)

        ◘ L'Echelle de Joyce

        ◘ Joyce Digital (documentary; short)

        ◘ Sollers joue Diderot

        ◘ Godard-Sollers: L'Entretien (documentary)

1985 ◘ "ç", 13'

        ◘ Clips à la Loupe (short)

        ◘ Choses vues (50 x 7')

        ◘ Le Phallus mis à nu par ses Non-Célibataire même (short)

1986 ◘ Robin des Voix (short)

        ◘ Chili moyo Chili moya (documentary; short)

        ◘ Robin Texto (short)

        ◘ Comme si comme ça (short)

        ◘ Picasso By Night By Sollers (documentary; short)

        ◘ Altazor (co-director with Juan Forch; Chile)

        ◘ La Visitation (installation)

        ◘ L'Annonciation (installation)

1989 ◘ Rodin / Sollers: Rapport secret (documentary; short; co-director with Françoise Dax)

        ◘ Vingt p'tites Tours (20 x 1')

        ◘ Saxiste

        ◘ Trinité: Midi Pile (short)

1990 ◘ L'Analyse de Fourier (documentary; short)

        ◘ La Loi du Moindre Effort (short)

        ◘ Combas avec Lautrec (documentary; short)

        ◘ Buraglio au Louvre (documentary; short)

        ◘ Mémoires d'Aveugle (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Play It Again, Nam (documentary)

1991 ◘ Tardieu ou le voir-dit (documentary; short; co-director with Françoise Dax)

        ◘ Kirili expulse les Démons (documentary; short)

1992 ◘ Chiloé, la Langue du Bois (documentary; short)

        ◘ Adorer / Brûler (short)

        ◘ La Marianne intégrale (installation)

        ◘ Kirili 2 (documentary; short)

1993 ◘ La Toccata ou Kirili 3 (documentary; short)

        ◘ Jam Session (documentary; short)

        ◘ Cher Mallarmé (documentary; short; co-director with Françoise Dax)

        ◘ 1848, la Révolution Aller-Retour (documentary; short)

        ◘ 1860, Apogée de l'Empire (documentary; short)

        ◘ 1871, Année Terrible (documentary; short)

        ◘ 1881, les Certitudes de la République (documentary; short)

        ◘ Lettre à J. Sanborn No. I (documentary; short)

        ◘ Chemins d'une Avant-Garde (documentary; short)

        ◘ Baiser Fanny (documentary; short)

1994 ◘ Impressionnisme, les Origines (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ 1889, Triomphe de la République (documentary; short)

        ◘ 1898, la République en Crise (documentary; short)

        ◘ 1906, Guerres sociales (documentary; short)

        ◘ 1914, la Guerre attendue (documentary; short)

1995 ◘ Le Sens de la Marche (short; co-director with Monique Sicard)

        ◘ Première Prise (short)

        ◘ Allô la Terre: Le Louvre (5 x 13')

        ◘ Musée de Grenoble: la Collection (documentary; short)

        ◘ Cézanne (documentary; short)

        ◘ Corée, les belles Etrangères (documentary; medium-length)

1996 ◘ Allô la Terre: Le XIXème Siècle (5 x 13' short)

        ◘ Vertov a 100 Ans (documentary; short)

        ◘ Kirili Jazz-Sculpture (documentary; short)

        ◘ L'Origine du Monde (documentary; short)

        ◘ Comment un Musée s'enrichit (documentary; medium-length)

1997 ◘ Les Semeurs de Paix—Dunant, Nansen (documentary; short)

        ◘ Adam, Roi des Singes (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Les Méditations de Rodin (documentary; short)

        ◘ Aux grands Hommes de la Peinture reconnais­sante (documentary; short)

        ◘ Pavlov, Lorentz: La Science du Comportement (documentary; short)

1998 ◘ Man Ray, Monsieur 6 Secondes (documentary; short)

        ◘ Gaston Chaissac, Plante Vivace (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Répétitions chez Dubillard (documentary; short)

        ◘ Les Mardis de Mallarmé (documentary; short)

        ◘ Martial Solal (documentary; medium-length)

1999 ◘ Les Chevaliers du Beau (Les Préraphaélites) (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Miss Chimie (documentary; short)

        ◘ Airbus le Héros (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Les Champs de la Sculpture (documentary; short)

        ◘ Six Milliards de Calendriers (documentary; short)

        ◘ Les Mesures du Temps (documentary; short)

2000 ◘ 1900, quelle Epoque! (documentary; short)

        ◘ Dunkerque, une Ville entre Deux Ports (documentary; short)

        ◘ Prière de toucher (Alain Kirili Sculpteur) (documentary)

        ◘ Versailles, les Jardins du Pouvoir (documentary; short)

2001 ◘ Les Codes secrets (documentary; short)

        ◘ Le Marteau (documentary; short)

        ◘ Goya ou la Lucidité (documentary; short)

        ◘ La Commande publique (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ La Carnavalite (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Objets surréalistes avez-vous donc une Âme? (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Cocteau et Cie (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Le Goncourt des Goncourt (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Nice qu'as-tu fait de ton Carnaval? (documentary)

        ◘ Ma Couleur préférée (documentary; medium-length)

2005 ◘ La Chasse au Bonheur (documentary; medium-length)

        ◘ Les Voyageurs de la Korrigane (documentary; medium-length)

2006 ◘ Jour près Jour (documentary)

        ◘ Le Dessein des Nymphéas (documentary; medium-length)

2007 ◘ M la Maudite (documentary; medium-length)

 Television Filmography

1995 ◘ Un Siècle d'Ecrivains (documentary; episode "Charles Péguy")

1998 ◘ Un Siècle d'Ecrivains (documentary; episode "Curzio Malaparte")