Raphaël Meltz, reflecting on the power of words and the power of images

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Writer Raphaël Meltz in studio at RFI (November 2021) © Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint / RFI

By: Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint

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Raphaël Meltz, born in 1975, co-founded and co-directed the review “R” de Réel (2000-2004), then the magazine “Le Tigre” (2006-2014).

He is notably the author of stories (series "Suburbs", 2012-2014; "Lisbon imaginary journey" with images by Nicolas de Crécy, 2002), and novels: "Mallarmé et moi" (2006), "Meltzland" (2007), “Urbs” (Le Tripode, 2013), “New game” (2018), “24 times the truth” (2021).

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24 times the truth © Amena Nathan / Le Tripode

"There is Gabriel, a film operator who has traveled the twentieth century with his eyes riveted behind his camera: from the funeral of Sarah Bernhardt to the filming of Contempt, from the peace parade from 1919 to September 11, 2001, he will have has been the silent witness of a chaotic world, and some of its vertigo. There is Adrien, his grandson, who is a journalist specializing in the digital things that now invade our lives. And there is the novel that Adrien decided to write about his grandfather. 

In twenty-four chapters, tell a life.

Twenty-four chapters like the twenty-four images that make up every second of a film.

Twenty-four chapters to try to grasp the truth: what remains of what is no longer there?

What do we know about what we have seen without experiencing it?

What to do, today, with so many images? "

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