Raymond Borde

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Raymond Borde (born August 28, 1920 in Toulouse , Haute-Garonne department , † September 20, 2004 ibid) was a French film critic and co-founder of the Cinémathèque du Toulouse .

Live and act

Borde completed his school days in his hometown and then began to study at the University of Toulouse . After completing his doctorate at the same university, he got a job with the financial administration of the department .

Already at university, Borde made the acquaintance of André Breton and his surrealist circle and joined him. He began to be interested in the medium of film and published articles about it in magazines such as Positif , Premier Plan and others. a. Politically, he was still close to the Popular Front and became a member of the Parti communiste français (PCF).

In 1952 Borde found a rare copy of Alfred Hitchcock's The World Champion at a flea market in Toulouse . He then took this find as an occasion - u. a. with Roger Icart - to found the Cinémathèque du Toulouse and worked closely with the Cinémathèque française in Paris .

Between 1954 and 1961 Borde worked closely with Jean-Paul Sartre and his magazine Les Temps Modernes . With Sartre's support, he also published his essay “La fin du Stalinisime” there, which then led to his expulsion from the party. Together with Robert Barrat , Hélène Parmelin and others, Borde distanced himself from the Algerian war and the French doctrine . In September 1960 he was one of the signatories of the manifesto of the 121 .

In 1963 Borde was one of the eight founders of the Groupe des Cinéastes Indépendants and in this capacity also worked with André Breton. In 1966 Borde was appointed Vice-President of the Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film (FIAF) and he held this post until 1990.

Raymond Borde died on September 20, 2004 in Toulouse, where he found his final resting place.

Fonts (selection)

dissertation

  • La pensée économique de Josephe Staline . Introduction à l'étude des “Problèmes économiques du socialisme en URSS” . University, Toulouse 1954.

Film theory

Biographical

  • together with Marcel Oms and Juan Antonio Bardem : Juan Bardem . Serdoc, Lyon 1962.
  • together with Charles Perrin: Laurel et Hardy . Serdoc, Lyon 1965.
  • Harold Lloyd . Serdoc, Lyon 1968.
  • Érotiques by Jean-Marie Poumeyrol . Éric Losfeld, Paris 1972.

novel

Individual evidence

  1. Original: The Ring .
  2. ^ Translation: The end of Stalinism .

Web links