Marcel Proust

Writing

Marcel Proust

Born — Died

1871-07-10 — 1922-11-18

Place of birth

Paris, France

Known for

Writing

Credits

5 titles

Known for

Omnibus poster
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Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the successor to the long-running arts-based series 'Monitor'. It ran from 1967 until 2003, usually being transmitted on Sunday evenings. During its 35-year history, the programme won 12 Bafta awards. Among the series' best remembered documentaries are Cracked Actor, a profile of David Bowie, and Rene Magritte, a graduate film by David Wheatley, 'Madonna: Behind the American dream', a film produced by Nadia Hagger, and a profile of the British film director Ridley Scott. For a season in 1982, the series was in a magazine format presented by Barry Norman. The series was replaced by 'Imagine' hosted by Alan Yentob.

Omnibus

1967

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas poster
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"Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas" (2026) is a Brazilian film essay directed by Carlos Adriano. The film, which explores the impossibility of filming Marcel Proust's "In Search of Time That Flew", is presented as a collage of archival images and theories.

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

2026

In Search of Marcel Proust poster
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"In Search of Marcel Proust" is a 1962 literary documentary directed by the Italian poet Attilio Bertolucci. It serves as a biographical and critical journey into the world of Marcel Proust, blending readings from his masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time, with rare filmed testimonies from those who knew him personally, including his housekeeper Céleste Albaret and friends like Jean Cocteau and François Mauriac.

In Search of Marcel Proust

1962

The Staircase Wall poster
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An experiment in activity, dedicated to Jean-Luc Godard and assembled in the immediate wake of his death on September 13, 2022. The only known footage of Marcel Proust is repeated through a sequence of digital abstractions and accompanied by the music of Gabriel Fauré, followed by video footage shot on iPhone 12 mini between North Carolina and New York City, 2021-2022.

The Staircase Wall

2023

Marcel Proust at Elaine Greffulhe's Wedding poster
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The only known film footage of Marcel Proust (identified by Canadian professor Jean-Pierre Sirois-Trahan around 100 years after the shooting of the film) shows the French writer at a wedding as he descends a staircase unaccompanied, speedily walking past the slower couples to his right. Armand de Gramont and Elaine Greffulhe married on 14 November 1904.

Marcel Proust at Elaine Greffulhe's Wedding

1904

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