Pierre Carles

Pierre Carles , born the April 2nd 1962, is a Journaliste and documentarist French. He develops through his films a criticism of the media space, of which he denounces cross complicities. He is also one of the founder members of the newspaper of criticism of the media to read read ( PLPL ), not become the Plan B in spring 2006.

Biography

Graduate of IUT of journalism of Bordeaux, Pierre Carles is very influenced by Alain Accardo and Michael Moore at his beginnings. Little time after having received its diploma, it is engaged with Télé Lyon Métropole. It will quickly be returned from there. He works then like Pigiste for Bernard Rapp, Christophe Dechavanne or Thierry Ardisson; he shows in particular on television the January 25th 1992 that the “true one distorts” interview of Fidel Castro, realized by Patrick Poivre d' Arvor and Régis Falcon one month earlier, is in fact exit of a press conference, rise of kind to let believe that it is about an interview; he thus proves by the image an imposture denounced by Télérama on January 1st. Its report, initially programmed saturdays January 18th in the emission double game of Thierry Ardisson, was déprogrammé at the request of the president of Antenne 2 Herve Bourges, then is finally diffused a week later. Pierre Carles is quickly noticed for his documentary in the emission Strip-tease among which Pizza Americana , which was re-used in Attention danger work . He will finish envenimer his relations with the tenors of French television with the film Pas considering step taken .

Following a support campaign organized by Gébé and Charlie Hebdo , Pas considering step taken leaves to the cinema. Pierre Carles launches out then in a film to small budget on the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, sociology is a sport of combat , which will be a success in room. He will carry out a last film on the televisual world: Finally taken . He Co-carried out the film Attention danger work which treats misfits of the job market and new urban Prolétariat in France. He takes part, at each exit into the room of his films, debates and glances crossed with the public in collaboration with local representatives of LCR, etc

Financed, Carles can be authorized a freedom of tone that very few realizers have, which enables him to announce nonorthodoxe work various in particular in the field of the Social sciences. None recent works of Pierre Carles was diffused with the Télévision and he deplores regularly that its interviews for newspapers and magazines are censured or deformed: in an open letter of February 16th, 2000, he complains with Philippe Val about cuts made in an interview about the group Zebda published in Charlie Hebdo , whereas it acted according to him of significant elements of the interview.

The work of Pierre Carles is registered, sometimes, in a register close to that of Serge Halimi, or Gilles Balbastre, and opened the way with many initiatives of which association Action-critical-media (Acrimed). Today Carles takes part in a revival of interest for the independent media grace, in particular, with Pas considering step taken but also with its participation in the book of Serge Halimi the new watchdogs or in the discussion with Gilles Balbastre in the misery of the world . One can regard the whole of this work as a movement of criticism of the media, inspired by the book Manufacturing Consent of Noam Chomsky but also influenced by the theoretical framework of the sociology bourdieusienne, whose French Observatoire of the media can be seen like continuity.

Pierre Carles made an appearance in the film Aaltra (October 2004) of Benoît Delépine, interpreting a cynical surgeon there. Its last film in date is the feature-length film Volem nothing foutre Al feed corealized with Christophe Coello and Stephan Goxe, and left in March 2007; it is about a continuation of Attention danger work .

Among its projects in progress, a film on the sociologist Loïc Wacquant, Uppercut , and like Co-realizer with Eric Martin, Choron last , evoking the life of the Professor Choron.

The films carried out by Pierre Carles are generally diffused in rooms of independent Cinéma, such as for example the Cinémas Utopia.

Catalog of films

Serrou it is white , 1993, for Strip-tease
Chirac, my wife and me , 1994, for Strip-tease
Pizza americana , 1994, for Strip-tease
Gerard is offered to you… , 1994, for Strip-tease
Saint Jacques leaves his shell , 1995, for Strip-tease
Juppe, inevitably , 1995, on the role of the regional media at the time of the election of Alain Juppe with the town hall of Bordeaux
Not of calming for Jeanne , 1996, for Striptease
esthetic Distress , 1996, portrait of the advertizing executive Daniel Robert, for Striptease
a ball in the foot , 1997, for Striptease
Hasta siempre , 1997, for Striptease
Not considering step taken , 1998, which on TV reports the history of documentary the Pas considering ordered before being cancelled by Canal+
Parody of justice , 1998, for Strip-tease
sociology is a sport of combat , 2001, on the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu
Enfin taken? , 2002
Attention danger work , (corealized with Christophe Coello and Stephan Goxe), 2003
Neither old man, nor traitors , (corealized with Georges Minangoy), 2006, devoted to Direct action, terrorist group of Extreme left
Volem nothing foutre Al feed , (corealized with Christophe Coello and Stephan Goxe), 2007.

See too

External bonds

Pierre Carles, Documentarist mumbling but malignant On the Modern site of Man
complete records on the site FilmDeCulte.com
http://www.plpl.org/
Aaltra
to arm itself against the screen
RienFoutre.org the site Nothing Foutre documents the evolution of work of CP-Productions which question precarious wage-earning.
Atheles.org grouping of editors which diffuses films of Pierre Carles.

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