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André Téchiné (born 13 March 1943) is a French screenwriter and film director. He has a long and distinguished career that places him among the best post-New Wave French film directors. He belongs to a second generation of French film critics associated with ''Cahiers du cinéma'' who followed François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard and others from criticism into film-making. Téchiné is noted for his elegant and emotionally charged films that often delve into the complexities of emotions and the human condition. One of the trademarks of his filmography is the lyrical examination of human relations in a sensitive but unsentimental way, as can be seen in his most acclaimed films: ''My Favorite Season'' (1993) and ''Wild Reeds'' (1994). == Life == André Téchiné was born on 13 March 1943 at Valence-d'Agen, a small town in the Midi-Pyrénées region, department of Tarn-et-Garonne, France.〔Marshall, ''André Téchiné'', p. 2〕 His family, of Spanish ancestry, owned a small business making agricultural equipment.〔 He grew up in the south west French country side and in his adolescence acquired a passion for films. From 1952 to 1959 he went to a Catholic boarding school in Montauban.〔 He was allowed to leave the school only on Sunday afternoons when he would go to the cinema, although he often had to return before the screening ended. From 1959 he attended a secular state school, which exposed him to a different culture, with Marxist teachers, a cine club and a film magazine, ''La Plume et l'écran'', to which he contributed.〔 "Films were my only opening to the world,"〔Riding, ''Finding Cinematic Gold'', New York Times, December 29, 1996.〕 Téchiné explained in an interview. "They were my only possibility of escaping my family environment and my boarding school. It was probably dangerous because, through movies, I learned how the world works and how human relations work. But it was magical, and I was determined to follow the thread of that magic."〔 At nineteen he moved to Paris in order to look for a career in filmmaking.〔 He failed the entrance examination at France's most prominent film school,〔 but started to write reviews for the prestigious ''Cahiers du cinéma'' where he worked for four years (1964–1967).〔 His first article was about Truffaut’s ''The Soft Skin'', published in July 1964.〔 Téchiné's first filmmaking experience emerged from a theatrical milieu.〔Marshall, ''André Téchiné'', p. 4〕 He went on to become assistant director for Marc'O in ''Les Idoles'' (1967), a film version of an experimental play.〔 This film was edited by Jean Eustache; Téchiné made an uncredited walk on appearance in Eustache's film ''La Maman et la putin (''1972).〔Marshall, ''André Téchiné'', p. 5〕 Téchiné was also assistant director to Jacques Rivette, (his editor at Cahiers du Cinema) on ''L'amour fou'' (1969).〔Marshall, ''André Téchiné'', p. 3〕 Téchiné is noted for his elegant and emotionally charged films that often delve into the complexities of human condition and emotions. An intimist flavor pervades his work. One of the trademarks of his filmography is the lyrical examination of human relations in a sensitive but unsentimental way. Influenced by Roland Barthes, Bertolt Brecht, Ingmar Bergman, William Faulkner and the cinematic French New Wave, the originality of Téchiné's films lies in his subtle exploration of sexuality and national identity, as he challenges expectations in his depictions of gay relations, the North African dimensions of contemporary French culture, and the center-periphery relationship between Paris and his native Southwest.〔Marshall, ''André Téchiné'', p. back cover〕 Shy and ascetic-looking, Téchiné does not opine on political issues and rarely appears on television.〔 Fear of flying prevents him from attending most film openings or festivals more than a train ride from his Paris apartment overlooking the Luxembourg Garden.〔 "I never know how each film will end," Téchiné explains. "When I'm filming, I shoot each scene as if it were a short film. It's only when I edit that I worry about the narrative. My objective is to tell a story, but that's the final thing I do."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「André Téchiné」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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