Criterion Reflections – Episode 45 – Pierre Etaix’s Land of Milk and Honey

David and guests Jason Beamish, Jordan Essoe and Meedo Taha discuss the last feature film directed by Pierre Etaix.

Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of this third season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1971 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Jordan Essoe and Meedo Taha to discuss Land of Milk and Honey, directed by Pierre Etaix.

Criterion
Janus Films (press notes)
Wikipedia
The New Yorker
PopMatters
Circopedia (focusing on Etaix’s work as a circus clown)
The Guardian (obituary)

Land of Milk and Honey

Criterion
The Cinematheque
The Cleveland Movie Blog
Criterion Confessions
Critics RoundUp
DVDTalk
New York Times

Land of Milk and Honey (Pierre Étaix, 1971) — Editing from Film Comment on Vimeo.

Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
The Eclipse Viewer
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series

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