Pierre Carles
Encyclopedia
Pierre Carles is a French
documentarist
, who has often been compared to Michael Moore
for his use of the documentary form to denounce mainstream media
, which he accuses of having conflicts of interest .
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
documentarist
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
, who has often been compared to Michael Moore
Michael Moore
Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time. His films Bowling for Columbine and Sicko also place in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries...
for his use of the documentary form to denounce mainstream media
Mass media
Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...
, which he accuses of having conflicts of interest .
Filmography
- Juppé, forcément, 1995, on the role of regional media during the election of Alain JuppéAlain JuppéAlain Marie Juppé is a French politician currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He also served as Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac and the Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs from 2010 to 2011...
as mayor of Bordeaux. - Pas vu pas pris, 1998, ordered then censored by Canal Plus.
- La sociologie est un sport de combat, 2001, on Pierre BourdieuPierre BourdieuPierre Bourdieu was a French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher.Starting from the role of economic capital for social positioning, Bourdieu pioneered investigative frameworks and terminologies such as cultural, social, and symbolic capital, and the concepts of habitus, field or location,...
. - Enfin pris?, 2002, a sequel to Pas Vu Pas Pris.
- Attention danger travail, (co-directed with Christophe Coello et Stéphane Goxe), 2003
- Volem rien foutre al païs, (co-directed with Christophe Coello et Stéphane Goxe), 2006 (including scenes on the Dinero gratis group in Barcelona or the okupa movement in Spain. Theme of the film is on how to make a living without working: anti-workAnti-workThe anti-work ethic states that labor tends to cause unhappiness, and is increasingly challenged by work performed by machines. Therefore, the quantity of labor ought to be lessened...
) - Ni vieux, ni traîtres, (co-directed with Georges Minangoy), 2006, about Action directeAction DirecteAction Directe is French for direct action. It may refer to:* Action directe , the 1970s and 1980s French urban guerrilla group* Action Directe , the rock climb...
, a far left terrorist group. - Le Désarroi esthétique, 2006, on the publicist Daniel Robert.
- Fin de Concession, 2011, on TF1TF1TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...