Chats perchés = The case of the grinning cat / Les Films du Jeudi + ARTE France, La Lucarne ; video, Chris Marker ; production, Les Films du Jeudi, Laurence Braunberger.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Marker, Chris, 1921-2012, film director, film director of photography, film producer.

Braunberger, Laurence, film producer.

Rinaldi, Gérard, 1943- narrator.

Films du Jeudi (Firm)

ARTE France.

Icarus Films.

Standardized Title:

Chats perchés (Motion picture). English.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Graffiti--France--Paris.

Graffiti.

Street art--France--Paris.

Street art.

Politics in art.

Art and society--France--Paris.

Art and society.

Cats in art.

France--Paris.

Genre:

Nonfiction films.

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (58 min.) : digital, sound, color

polychrome

Other Title:

Case of the grinning cat

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2006]

Language Note:

English narration with French intertitles; some French dialogue with English subtitles.

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

In November 2001, Chris Marker became intrigued by the sudden appearance of grinning yellow cat paintings on Paris buildings and began to document them, as well as other incidents and protests in the city of Paris while he filmed. The creator is eventually revealed to be an art collective known as Mr. Chat.

Participant:

Voice, Gérard Rinaldi.

Credits:

Music, Michel Krasna ; cinematography, Chris Marker.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: Les Films du Jeudi ,c2004.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 9, 2015).

Publisher Number:

if-case Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.