Paris 1900

A chronicle of life in Paris between 1900 and 1914 using documents from the time and excerpts from over 700 films, often held up as a example of how to edit. Alain Resnais worked on the film as assistant director and production supervisor. "Nicole Vedrès and her little unit have achieved something immensely beautiful that shatters the visual conventions of cinema as profoundly as Marcel Proust's oeuvre succeeded in transforming the novel." (André Bazin) "I owe everything to Nicole Vedrès." (Chris Marker).