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Born in Paris in 1905, of Polish origins, Pierre Klossowski (and his brother Balthazar – the painter Balthus) grew up in a household where artists like Monet, Bonnard and Derain were frequent visitors. As an adolescent he knew the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, an intimate friend of his mother and, through him, became a protégé of André Gide. A writer, translator, philosopher and artist, he was an extraordinary man of formidable erudition, possessed of a wide-ranging, trenchant intellect, who used both words and drawings to give form to his inner visions, steeped in mysticism and eroticism. For the last thirty years of his working life, he eschewed fictional writing and devoted himself to drawing. Klossowski died in August 2001.

This exploration of his work centres on footage shot with Klossowski at his apartment and studio in Paris in 1996. His wife Denise, whom he married in 1947, also contributes to the film. The model for the all-pervasive mythicised woman in his life and work, Denise became ‘Roberte’, the central character in Klossowski’s trilogy of novels Les Lois de l’hospitalité. Extracts from Pierre Zucca’s film of the second volume, Roberte, ce soir, are included in this portrait. Also taking part are writer and critic Alain Jouffroy and Klossowski’s biographer Alain Arnaud.

Cast: Pierre Klossowski
Director(s): Alain Fleischer
Format: Colour
Running Time: 46 minutes
Download Size: 292.41 MB