Camille Claudel: Biography constructed as melodrama

Literature/Film Quarterly;  January 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......Nuytten's 1988 film Camille Claudel presents itself...elements of truth-is Camille Claudel herself, the complexity...herself. The film Camille Claudel is based on the...Camille: The Life of Camille Claudel by Reine-Marie...Camille's brother, Paul ...

Isabelle Adjani's Alter Ego; In Her `Claudel,' Past and Passions Mingle

The Washington Post;  February 5, 1990 ;     700+ words ......decided to make a film about Camille Claudel, the tormented mistress of sculptor...completely honest with me, with Camille Claudel, with himself... . Because of...insane asylum. In a sense, "Camille Claudel," now at the Key in Washington...project, based on a biography by ...

Book reviews: Camille Claudel: A Life: Kiss, hurdle, torture

The Scotsman;  July 6, 2002 ;     291 words ...Camille Claudel: A Life by Odile Ayral-Clause Abrams, 29.95 pounds "FOR...character, it is a pure impossibility." So wrote the poet Paul Claudel of his sister Camille. Odile Ayral-Clause brings out the...Born on 8 December 1864 in a town in the Champagne region, Camille Claudel was ...

Not For Victims

Stage Directions;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......1988 film that inspired the new tuner Camille Claudel, an acclaimed composer and lyricist...aficionados who have heard the name Camille Claudel probably only know her from the Oscar-nominat...this story as a tragedy." The movie Camille Claudel may have been dark and depressing...

Knowing the East.(Book review)

Buddhist-Christian Studies;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...KNOWING THE EAST. By Paul Claudel. Translated by James Lawler. Princeton, NJ: Princeton...University Press, 2004. 136 pp. Fifty years after his death, Paul Claudel (1868-1955) is remembered for many things. Not only...Japanese art. Not only was he the brother of sculptor Camille ...

ISABELLE ADJANI HAS STRONG TIES TO CHARACTER SHE PLAYS

The Boston Globe;  January 21, 1990 ;     700+ words ......film, opening Friday at the Coolidge Corner, "Camille Claudel," about the sculptor who was Rodin's lover and...her brother -- poet, playwright and diplomat Paul Claudel. Deserted by both, and written off by her father...to 1943 -- in an asylum. It's no accident that Camille begins the film ...

Camille Claudel: A Novel

Solares Hill;  April 21, 2006 ;     421 words ...Camille Claudel: A Novel Alma H. Bond PublishAmerica Alma Bond's novel about Camille Claudel also revolves around a sexual relationship or rather...passionate stream of memories by someone called Camille Claudel" being handed to an American post-graduate student...much like gorging on ...

Story of Rodin's mistress and muse // Isabelle Adjani sculpts a unique...

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 4, 1990 ;     700+ words ...NEW YORK Although Camille Claudel was known primarily...With the opening of "Camille Claudel" (Friday in Chicago...granddaughter of the writer Paul Claudel). The actress' passion...the role of Rodin. "Camille Claudel" - which won the French...film Oscar) resemble ...

`Claudel': A Life of Love and Art

The Washington Post;  December 21, 1989 ;     639 words ..."Camille Claudel," Bruno Nuytten's new film about...intensely passionate film. With it, Camille surrenders herself, at 20, to...gifted artist in her own right, Camille worked mostly in Rodin's shadow...revolutionary ideas into practice. "Camille Claudel," which was written by ...

PLAYWRIGHT GIVES LITTLE DRAMA TO `LA VALSE'.(Arts and...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  February 9, 2000 ;     498 words ......central characters are the French playwright/diplomat Paul Claudel and his sculptor sister, Camille Claudel. ``La Valse,'' the current Seattle Theatre Project production...suggests a dotty prude who mixes fawning with reproach. But Paul Claudel is sometimes referred to as the most ...

ASK THE GLOBE

The Boston Globe;  March 11, 1989 ;     91 words ...Q. When will the French film "Camille Claudel" be shown in this country? -- F.S., Newton A. A spokeswoman...Bruno Nuytten's movie, based on the romance between writer Paul Claudel's daughter, played by Isabelle Adjani, and the sculptor...

Adjani possesses spirit of `Camille'

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 9, 1990 ;     700+ words ...Camille Claudel (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) 1/2 Camille Claudel Isabelle Adjani Auguste Rodin Gerard Depardieu Paul...Nuytten and Marilyn Goldin, based on the biography of Camille Claudel by Reine-Marie Paris. Photographed by Pierre Lhomme...

The Resurrection of Claudel; At the Women's Museum, a Revival for the...

The Washington Post;  April 30, 1988 ;     700+ words ......off to a mental institution. She was Camille Claudel, then 49, a longtime artistic collaborator...for inmates of Montdevergues Asylum. Camille Claudel's is a tragic tale of a giant talent...Rodin. That, in turn, has now spawned "Camille Claudel," the first American exhibition of...

'CAMILLE CLAUDEL': CORNY YET FULL-BLOODED

The Boston Globe;  January 26, 1990 ;     700+ words ...CAMILLE CLAUDEL Directed by: Bruno Nuytten Screenplay by: Nuytten...Coolidge Corner Rated: R (discreet sex scene) "Camille Claudel" is a throwback to the gilded age of Hollywood...the talented and tempestuous but hugely unlucky Camille Claudel with a somber boldness of gesture that ...

Exhibit explores Rodin and Claudel's art and romance.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  October 10, 2005 ;     332 words ......Michelangelo, and his young protege Camille Claudel (1864-1943) was both a romantic and...two have just now been reunited in Camille Claudel and Rodin: Fateful Encounter, a monumental...of Calais, Balzac and, of course, Camille Claudel. Claudel is represented by 62 pieces...