Pierre Schoendoerffer La peine des hommes

In 1986 Laurent Roth was able to finish his first longer work Les yeux brûlés a documentary about war photographers and cinematographers that honoured some of Frances then stillliving greats while also fathoming the complex relationship between film and armed combat since the inception of the cinematic artWhen Roth returned to the material of Les yeux brûlés for a portrait of Schoendoerffer only the audio still existed the images were lost Roth took this in his stride and came up with a stunning solution he used the complete audio unedited and severely slowed down the few existing shots of Schoendoerffer and his interviewer actress Mireille Perrier to fit the sound lengthwise