Robert Benayoun

Robert Benayoun (born December 12, 1926 in Port-Lyautey , Morocco , † October 20, 1996 in Paris ) was a French writer, film critic and actor.

Live and act

Benayoun was the son of a colonial administration official.

Between the world wars, Benayoun came to Paris and soon made the acquaintance of surrealism . In 1951 he founded the magazine L'Âge du cinéma together with the film director Ado Kyrou (1923–1985) . From this time on, Benayoun also regularly wrote film reviews for various magazines and newspapers.

In 1960 he joined a group of surrealists in the Désert de Retz ( Chambourcy ) and in September of the same year was one of the signatories of the 121st manifesto .

Robert Benayoun died in Paris on October 20, 1996 and found his final resting place on the Cimetière de Montmartre .

Works (selection)

Biographies

• Bonjour Monsieur Lewis . Losfeld, Paris 1972.
• John Huston . Seghers, Paris 1966.
• Alain Resnais . Arpenteur de l'imaginaire . Stock, Paris 1980.
• Le Regard de Buster Keaton . Editions Herscher, Paris 1982 (German: Buster Keaton. Der Augen-Blick des Schweigens . With a foreword by Louise Brooks . Bahia-Verlag, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-922699-18-9 ).

Non-fiction

• Erotique du surréalisme . Pauvert, Paris 1965.
• Le rire de surréalistes . La Bougie du Sapeur, Paris 1988.
• Petites pièces pouvant servir à approcher . Paris 2001 (posthumous)

Filmography (selection)

As a director

• 1969: Paris n'existe pas
• 1975: Sérieux comme le plaisir

As an actor

• Mario - Gérard Pirès (Director): Erotissimo . 1968.
• Visitor - Robert Pouret (Director): Cours après moi que je t'attrape . 1976.

literature

• Mort du critique et cinéaste Robert Benayoun (obituary). In: Liberation of October 22, 1996.
• Gérard Legrand: Robert Benayoun . In: Adam Biro (Ed.): Dictionnaire général du surréalisme et de ses environs . PUF, Paris 1982, ISBN 2-13-037-280-5 .

Web links

• Robert Benayoun in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Named after Hubert Lyautey (1854–1934).