Yves Boisset
Yves Boisset | |
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Boisset in 2010 | |
| Born | Yves Félix Claude Boisset 14 March 1939 |
| Died | 31 March 2025 (aged 86) Levallois-Perret, France |
| Occupations | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1966–2025 |
| Notable work | |
Yves Félix Claude Boisset (14 March 1939 – 31 March 2025) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed fiction films like The Assassination, Le prix du danger, as well as investigative documentaries. Boisset was known for his left wing political views and the controversial releases of his films. He was labeled "the most censored man in France",[1] and declared himself the most censored filmmaker of the Fifth Republic.[2]
Early life
Yves Boisset was born 14 March 1939, in Paris, France. His parents were teachers, with his mother teaching the German language and his father teaching literature.[2] Boisset was raised on a farm. When Boisset was 8, his younger brother died after overdosing on medication left out by his grandmother, leading to strife within his family.[2] Boisset was educated at Lycée Louis-le-Grand[2] and studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC). He disliked the strict atmosphere of the school and left, not graduating.[2][3] Boisset's first job was as a crime reporter for Paris-Jour in the late 1950s. He began writing for film magazines.[2][4][5]
Career
Boisset directed his first film in 1968, Coplan Saves His Skin.[2] Many of his films focused on police, politics, and the criminal justice system.[4][6] His films were known for their controversial releases,[7][6] and he for his left-wing political views[8] and legal and political issues.[4] He was labeled "the most censored man in France",[1] and declared himself the most censored filmmaker of the Fifth Republic.[2] He was arrested multiple times in several different countries during the production of his films.[4] His 1972 film about the Algerian war, R.A.S., led to violent threats against him was withdrawn from circulation.[1] His 1972 film The Assassination entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize.[9] He sued Arnold Schwarzenegger and 20th Century Fox over The Running Man, which he believed had plagiarized his film Le prix du danger.[4][7] He won the lawsuit.[10]
Boisset went on to direct several television films.[2] He directed several investigative documentaries.[2] In 2006, Boisset directed Les Mystères sanglants de l'OTS, a documentary on the Order of the Solar Temple, a French organization, widely described as a cult, notorious for their mass suicides and murders in the 1990s. Boisset found the official investigation unsatisfactory, and believed a wider conspiracy was at work.[11][12][13]
In 2011, he published an autobiography, La vie est un choix (transl. Life is a Choice).[2][7][1] He was afterwards sued for defamation due to the contents of the book.[4]
Death
Boisset died on 31 March 2025, at the age of 86.[14] He had been in hospital care in Levallois-Perret for a few days.[2][15][16][17]
Filmography
As director
- 1966: Rouletabille (episode "Le parfum de la dame en noir") (TV series)
- 1968: Coplan Saves His Skin
- 1970: Safety Catch
- 1970: The Cop
- 1971: Le Saut de l'ange
- 1972: The Assassination
- 1973: R.A.S.
- 1975: Folle à tuer
- 1975: The Common Man
- 1977: The Purple Taxi
- 1977: Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff
- 1978: La Clé sur la porte
- 1979: Histoires insolites (épisode "La stratégie du serpent") (TV)
- 1980: The Woman Cop
- 1981: Allons z'enfants
- 1982: Espion, lève-toi
- 1983: Le Prix du Danger
- 1984: Dog Day
- 1986: Bleu comme l'enfer
- 1987: La Fée carabine (TV)
- 1988: Médecins des hommes (TV series)
- 1988: La Travestie
- 1989: Le Suspect (TV)
- 1989: Radio Corbeau
- 1990: Frontière du crime (Double Identity) (TV)
- 1991: Les Carnassiers (TV)
- 1991: La Tribu
- 1993: L'Affaire Seznec (TV)
- 1993: Chute libre (TV)
- 1994: Morlock: Der Tunnel (TV)
- 1995: L'Affaire Dreyfus (TV)
- 1996: Les Amants de rivière rouge (TV series)
- 1997: La Fine équipe (TV)
- 1997: Une leçon particulière (TV)
- 1997: Le Pantalon (TV)
- 1999: Sam (TV)
- 2001: Les Redoutables (episode Poisson d'avril) (TV series)
- 2001: Dormir avec le diable (TV)
- 2001: Cazas (TV)
- 2002: Jean Moulin (TV)
- 2005: Ils veulent cloner le Christ (TV)
- 2006: Les Mystères sanglants de l'OTS (TV)
- 2007: La Bataille d'Alger (TV)
- 2009: L'Affaire Salengro (TV)
Bibliography
- Boisset, Yves (2011). La vie est un choix [Life is a Choice] (in French). Paris: Plon. ISBN 978-2-259-21312-7.
References
- ^ a b c d Leclerc, Mathilde (9 April 2015). "Le cinéaste Yves Boisset en Vendée" [Filmmaker Yves Boisset in Vendée]. Ouest-France (in French). Rennes. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Douin, Jean-Luc (31 March 2025). "Yves Boisset, cinéaste engagé, réalisateur de "Dupont Lajoie" et du "Juge Fayard dit 'le Shériff'", est mort" [Yves Boisset, committed filmmaker, director of "Dupont Lajoie" and "Juge Fayard dit 'le Shériff'", has died]. Le Monde (in French). Paris. ISSN 0395-2037. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
- ^ "Le "Shérif" Yves Boisset vient parler polar" ["Sheriff" Yves Boisset comes to talk detective fiction]. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). Toulouse. 20 November 2017. ISSN 0181-7981. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Miniato, Lionel (2023). "Police et justice : le regard ambivalent d'Yves Boisset". Les Cahiers de la Justice (in French). 1 (1): 195–200. doi:10.3917/cdlj.2301.0195. ISSN 1958-3702.
- ^ "Yves Boisset, el presidente du Festival de cinéma espagnol Cinespaña" [Yves Boisset, el presidente of the Cinespaña Spanish Film Festival]. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). Toulouse. 3 October 2015. ISSN 0181-7981. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ a b Atlan, Michael (29 October 2017). "Les films que vous ne verrez jamais: "Barracuda" par Yves Boisset" [Films you'll never see: "Barracuda" by Yves Boisset]. Slate (in French). ISSN 1090-6584. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ a b c Lacomme, Jean-Pierre (4 December 2011). "Yves Boisset, le cinéaste révolté" [Yves Boisset, the rebel filmmaker]. Le Journal du Dimanche (in French). Paris. ISSN 0242-3065. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ Depotisse, Marc-Gil (21 January 2024). "Du pétainisme transcendantal au cinéma : éloge d'Yves Boisset, auteur majeur et mésestimé" [From transcendental Petainism to cinema: praise for Yves Boisset, a major and underrated auteur]. Blast le souffle de l'info (in French). Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "8th Moscow International Film Festival (1973)". Moscow International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ Ruard, Matthieu (24 February 2017). "Le Prix Du Danger / Running Man : Plagier N'est Pas Jouer" [Le Prix Du Danger / Running Man: Plagiarizing Is Not Playing]. Courte-Focale.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ Bédat, Arnaud (26 October 2005). ""Le drame de l'OTS c'est un scénario politico-mafieux"" ["The OTS tragedy is a political-mafia scenario"]. L'Illustré (in Swiss French). Lausanne. pp. 44–46. ISSN 1420-5165. Retrieved 3 December 2024 – via Scriptorium.
- ^ Pernet, Sarah (16 January 2006). "Loin de l'Ordre rétabli" [Far from the restored Order]. TV8 (in Swiss French). No. 4. Lausanne. p. 8. ISSN 1424-991X. Retrieved 23 September 2024 – via Scriptorium.
- ^ Tshidimba, Karin (2 February 2006). "L'obscur Temple solaire" [The dark Solar Temple]. La Libre (in Belgian French). Brussels. ISSN 1379-6992. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ^ "Le réalisateur Yves Boisset ("Dupont Lajoie", "L'Attentat) est mort à l'âge de 86 ans" (in French). 31 March 2025.
- ^ "Yves Boisset, le cinéma comme un combat" [Yves Boisset, cinema as a struggle]. France 24 (in French). Agence France-Presse. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
- ^ Guedj, Philippe (31 March 2025). "Quand Yves Boisset, le réalisateur de « Dupont Lajoie », attaquait Hollywood en justice" [When Yves Boisset, director of "Dupont Lajoie", took Hollywood to court]. Le Point (in French). Paris. ISSN 0242-6005. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
- ^ "Mort du réalisateur Yves Boisset ("Dupont Lajoie") à l'âge de 86 ans" [Director Yves Boisset ("Dupont Lajoie") dies aged 86]. TF1 INFO (in French). 31 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
Further reading
- "Yves Boisset : L'homme le plus censuré de France : épisode • 4/5 du podcast Yves Boisset ou le prix du danger". France Culture (Podcast) (in French). Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- "Yves Boisset : « Je fais des films de moraliste »" [Yves Boisset: "I make moralist films".]. L'Humanité (in French). 18 June 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- Iscan, Virgile (10 May 2011). "Yves Boisset". Vice (in French). New York City. ISSN 1077-6788. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- Weniger, Kay (2001). Das grosse Personenlexikon des Films: die Schauspieler, Regisseure, Kameraleute, Produzenten, Komponisten, Drehbuchautoren, Filmarchitekten, Ausstatter, Kostümbildner, Cutter, Tontechniker, Maskenbildner und Special Effects Designer des 20. Jahrhunderts. Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf. p. 453. ISBN 978-3-89602-340-7.
External links
- Yves Boisset at IMDb