Trans-Europ-Express (film)
| Trans-Europ-Express | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alain Robbe-Grillet |
| Produced by | Samy Halfon |
| Written by | Alain Robbe-Grillet |
| Starring |
Jean-Louis Trintignant Marie-France Pisier Nadine Verdier Christian Barbier Charles Millot Daniel Emilfork |
| Music by | Michel Fano |
| Cinematography | Willy Kurant |
| Edited by | Bob Wade |
Release dates | 1966 |
Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Belgium / France |
| Language | French |
Trans-Europ-Express is a 1966 film written and directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Marie-France Pisier. The title refers to the Trans Europ Express, a former international rail network in Europe.
The film has been variously described as an erotic thriller, a mystery, and a film-within-a-film. Also in the cast were Nadine Verdier, Christian Barbier, Charles Millot, Catherine Robbe-Grillet, and the director. The protagonist is Elias (Trintignant) who is on a dope-running errand from Paris to Antwerp by the train which gives the film its title. The director appears as himself in some sequences which are inter-cut with the action in which Elias is involved. The relationship between Elias and Eva (Marie-France Pisier) involves elements of erotic fantasy.
Screenwriter Robert McKee classifies Trans-Europ-Express as a "nonplot" film, that is, a film that does not tell a story.[1]
The film was released on DVD in 2008 in Italy by Ripley's Home Video and on Blu-ray in 2014 in the US by Redemption Films.[2]
References
- ↑ McKee, Robert (1997). Story: substance, structure, style, and the principles of screenwriting. New York: ReganBooks. p. 57. ISBN 0060391685.
- ↑ "Trans-Europ Express and Successive Slidings of Pleasure Detailed". Blu-ray.com. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
Further reading
- Gardies, André, comp. (1972) Alain Robbe-Grillet. Paris: Seghers (includes: "documents" & "points de vue", pp. 126-32, 162)