INTERVIEW
Every Saturday for an hour in Clap , the European cinema specialist 1 Mathieu Charrier and his columnists take a tour of the news of the Seventh art. Each week, a guest, whether or not from the world of cinema, submits to a Proust 7th art version questionnaire. As a member of the jury at the Angoulême festival (August 28 to 31), singer Clara Luciani agreed to be the "guinea pig" for the premiere of this Chinese portrait sequence.
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Your first memory of cinema?
" Les Demoiselles de Rochefort . We were in CM1, it was our teacher who took us to see the film. It changed my life. It made me want to sing, it defined my aesthetic and my taste for retro. ".
Your worst memory of cinema?
"A movie that I don't think is worth seeing. It's called Annabelle 2. I'm not sure why I went to see this. I like horror films, I find it very complicated. to manage to scare nowadays because we are clubbed with gore images all the time. Scary is an art, so I am very disappointed when I go to see a horror film that does not scare me. this did not scare me, but it even made me laugh because it was very bad. Annabelle 2, therefore, that I do not advise you ".
The movie you would like to live in?
" Les Demoiselles de Rochefort , really. Much more than in the Umbrellas of Cherbourg , because there is a more cheerful ending".
The cult movie you've never seen?
" Easy Rider . Every time I tell myself I have to see it, and then ..."
The film that you like without being able to admit it?
"I'm not so ashamed, but I can watch Titanic very regularly . Probably also because it brings me back to a moment in my life - I was maybe 6 years old when it came out - where we watched that with my sister. And watching it is like going back to childhood. "
Your favorite director?
"Jacques Demy, and then I really like Sofia Coppola. For her look on the world, on women, her poetry, and her colors".
Which movie made you laugh the most?
" Annabelle 2 !"
Your favorite time to go to the movies?
"I remember one morning I went to see Inglorious Bastards (Quentin Tarantino) on my own, and I liked it. So I think it's good to go in the morning. repeat this experience, which is a bit the opposite of what we are used to doing. "
Your craziest movie screening?
"A movie show in good company. What I mean is I think it was more because I was on a date than because I was interested in the movie. V for Vendetta (James McTeigue ) , I never knew what he was talking about, but I had one of my first boyfriends.
Popcorn or ice cream?
"Popcorn but be careful, salty. Because it's disgusting sweet".
The cinema alone or accompanied?
"It depends ... I find there is something irresistibly romantic about going to the movies with the person you love, or that you just flirt with. I find it a superb setting for a date".
The last movie you saw in theaters?
" The shadow of Stalin (Agnieszka Holland) . I found it very, very good, very intelligent. I like historical films in general anyway. And what I liked was going back to the cinema. after confinement - that's the only time I've been there this year ".
Which movie would you recommend to your best friend?
" Paris Texas (Wim Wenders), for the universe, the dialogues, the visual, and for the pink sweater in Angora".
Which film would you recommend to your worst enemy?
" Annabelle 2 ! (Laughs)"
The soundtrack of your life?
"It's bad to be without surprises like that, but Les demoiselles de Rochefort . Delphine's song, because I like this romantic quest for the ideal. It's anti-2020: now we go on Tinder and we chooses with the tip of the finger if the person is worth it or not ... While, all the same, this Delphine who sings with so much poetry this quest for the perfect man in all simplicity, it was something else! "