This podcast focuses on Criterion’s Eclipse Series of DVDs. Hosts David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett give an overview of each box and offer their perspectives on the unique treasures they find inside. In this episode, David and Trevor discuss Eclipse Series 34: Jean Grémillon During the Occupation.About the films:Though little known outside of France, Jean Grémillon was a consummate filmmaker from his country’s golden age. A classical violinist who turned to directing, he went on to make almost fifty films—from documentaries to avant-garde works to melodramas with major stars—in a thirty-year career. Three of his richest came during a dire period in French history: Remorques, starring Jean Gabin, was begun in 1939 but finished and released after Germany invaded France, and Lumière d’été and Le ciel est à vous were produced during the occupation. These character-driven dramas, the first two cowritten by legendary screenwriter Jacques Prévert, are humane, entertaining, and technically brilliant, and prove Grémillon to be one of cinema’s true hidden masters.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS or in iTunes.Timeline for the podcast:Introduction/Background (Remorques (Lumière d’été (Le ciel est à vous (Conclusion (Buy The Box Set On Amazon:EPISODE LINKSDirector Overview:French Film Site biography by James TraversFilm Museum biographyJean Grémillon: Realism and Tragedy by Ted FendtSingular and Plural: The Films of Jean Grémillon by Imogen Sara SmithHarvard Film Archive retrospectiveMuseum of the Moving Image retrospectiveBox Set Reviews:Criterion Cast review by David BlakesleeKeyframe review by David HudsonNew York Times review by Dave KehrSlant review by Joseph Jon LanthierRemorques:World Cinema Review review by Douglas MesserliFrench Film Site review by James TraversLumière d’été:Flickering Myth review by Simon ColumbWorld Cinema Review review by Douglas MesserliFrench Film Site review by James TraversWonders in the Dark review by Alan FishLe ciel est à vous:Bravery in Hiding by Jonathan Rosenbaum (also includes Lumière d’été)Wonders in the Dark review by Alan FishFrench Film Site review by James TraversContact us:TwitterEmail: theeclipseviewer (at) gmail.comDavid Blakeslee ( Twitter / Website )Trevor Berrett ( Twitter / Website )Next time on the podcast: