the first I have heard of it…
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057423/
doesn’t seem to be available for purchase, sadly.
I saw Pour la suite du monde several years ago at a local repertory cinema and loved it. So beautifully shot, and filled with all sorts of lovely little moments of fine observation (I love that part where the grandfather declares that they can’t leave for New York until he gets a chance to vote, as he wants to vote Liberal one more time before he dies—that’s traditional Canadian party politics for you).
Sadly, his work doesn’t seem widely available out here in the anglo wasteland, as is often the the case with many of the notable older Quebec directors (where’s a DVD of Les Ordres by Michel Brault, for instance?). It’s hard to imagine him getting the Criterion treatment considering how little known he is in English Canada, never mind America. But then again, I never would have thought they would release a film like Mon Oncle Antoine, so perhaps anything is possible.
By the way, if you can speak French (sadly, je ne parle pas francais), you can find Pour la suite du monde and several other Perrault films streaming on the NFB website.
Also, while digging around there, I discovered that you can order a DVD collection (with English subtitles!) of four of his films.
Roger Waters
Any thoughts on Perrault? Is he well known outside Québec and how do you feel about his films? I allways felt he was sort of an underappreciated filmmaker, and certainly a true “Auteur”. I’d like to see Pour la suite du monde get the criterion treatment.