NFB Collection
The Memories of Angels
20081 h 20 min 23 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Luc Bourdon
Production: Yves BisaillonColette LoumèdeChristian Medawar
Like today's DJs who re-mix and energize contemporary music, Luc Bourdon has created a virtuoso mosaic of stockshots and clips from 120 NFB films to present Montreal of the '50s and '60s.
Documentary, poetry and essay rolled into one, The Memories of Angels is a singular lesson in Montreal history with its famous figures, symbolic places and ordinary citizens. Without a commentary, the film moves from the red light district to Jean Drapeau, the Jacques-Cartier market, department stores downtown, textile factories and the construction of Place Ville-Marie. We meet Geneviève Bujold, Oscar Peterson, Monique Mercure and Igor Stravinsky. We hear Raymond Lévesque, Jean Drapeau and René Lecavalier.
A loving tribute to the vitality of Montreal and a joyous experience for all generations.
Availability
Other versions
Subject categories
- Film and Video Arts > Film and Video MakingNFB FIlm Excerpts
- Urbanism > Montreal and NeighbourhoodsUrban Life
- Social Issues > Quebec SocietyUrban Life
- History - Canada - 1946-Present > Québec
- History > Canada 1946-1991
- History and Citizenship Education > Modernization of Quebec Society (1929-1980)
Credits
- director
- Luc Bourdon
- editor
- Michel Giroux
- sound design
- Sylvain Bellemare
- Frédéric Cloutier
- technical support - editing
- Amélie Bolduc
- Pierre Dupont
- Martine Forget
- Ochelle Greenidge
- Isabelle Painchaud
- Danielle Raymond
- Karinelle Dugas
- Carole Lalonde
- online editing
- Denis Pilon
- re-recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- opening credits design
- Dave Black
- end credits design
- Dave Black
- translation
- Kathleen Fleming
- subtitling
- Kathleen Fleming
- rights researcher
- Sylvia Mezei
- release of rights
- Sylvia Mezei
- legal advisor
- Dominique Aubry
- archival research advisor
- Sylvie Ménard
- film librarian
- Lorraine Laliberté
- Katherine Kasirer
- marketing officer
- François Jacques
- marketing officer - assistance
- Solen Labrie Trépanier
- administrator
- Manon Provencher
- production coordinator
- Nathalie Cloutier
- administrative assistant
- Dominique Brunet
- Lise Lévesque
- technical coordinator
- Richard Cliche
- associate producer
- Maryse Chapdelaine
- associate producer - development
- Christiane Germain
- development producer
- Colette Loumède
- executive producer
- Yves Bisaillon
- Colette Loumède
- producer
- Christian Medawar
Awards
- Focus - Cinémathèque québécoise Grand PrizeFestival du nouveau cinéma