Pierre Oudrey Movies
- 1986
Softcore actress Brigitte Lahaie stars as a police detective who throws out the rule book in this undistinguished, low-budget crime thriller. After the femme inspector's younger sister was ruthlessly murdered by kidnappers, the inspector goes after the low-life woman behind the killing. Her task is not easy since the target in her sights is smart enough to keep sufficient protection around her. The inspector's prey fully intends to stave-off unwanted attempts on her life. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Brigitte Lahaie, Michel Godin, (more)
- 1975
A husband and wife discover marital bliss when a third person, a woman, joins them in the connubial bed. After a series of tiffs and quarrels, The threesome settle down to a contented life: the "other woman" becomes the mother of this unusual family's child. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Betty Mars, Pierre Oudrey, (more)
- 1975
Numéro Deux marks the high point of co-directors Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville's experimentation with video. They present a set of scenes from the everyday interactions of a working class family. The body of the film was initially shot on video, then played back on monitors and filmed in 35 millimeter. The screen often shows two scenes being played back on two different monitors, each split into two video images. The filmmakers used this technique to invent a new form of editing that juxtaposes images presented at the same time instead of one after another as in traditional editing. Like most of Miéville and Godard's early collaborations Numéro Deux examines the relationship between love, work, sex, gender and representation. In addition Numéro deux presents a fascinating philosophical investigation of the status of children in modern life. ~ Louis Schwartz, Rovi
- Starring:
- Sandrine Battistella, Pierre Oudrey, (more)
In 1974, flanked by such filmic monuments to paranoia and corruption as Chinatown and The Parallax View, Elliott Gould and Donald Sutherland tried to re-create the screwball nonchalance of their earlier M*A*S*H performances in this lightweight spy spoof, directed by Irvin Kershner. Gould and Sutherland play two CIA agents -- Griff and Bruland -- who are marked for death by their own agency after botching the defection of a Russian ballet dancer (Michael Petrovich). As they repeatedly mess up their assignments and wriggle out of tight corners, they not only find themselves pursued by the CIA, but also by the KGB, the Chinese Communists, and a terrorist group that wants to destroy the CIA. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Starring:
- Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, (more)
- 1973
- G
This Joseph Losey-directed 1973 version of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House marks one of two cinematizations of the story released during the same year. Here, Jane Fonda plays Nora Helmer, the mousy Norwegian wife who eventually turns on her insensitive husband Torvald (David Warner). At the time of its release, A Doll's House was castigated for allowing Ms. Fonda to espouse her "feminist dogma" in the role. In truth, what Losey and Fonda give us is not the traditional mindless "hothouse rose" who finally comes to her senses in Act Three, but instead a woman who knows she is trapped in a stereotype, but is willing to play along as long as her husband loves and trusts her. Only when Torvald proves to be a thick-headed jerk by condescendingly forgiving his wife for entering into a potentially scandalous but household-saving financial arrangement, does Nora reject his values and slam the door on him. Trevor Howard plays the slimy Dr. Rank, who assumes that his monetary hold over Nora grants him certain intimate privileges. A Doll's House was exquisitely photographed on location in Norway by Gerry Fisher. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jane Fonda, David Warner, (more)
