He had no driver’s license to escape his depressing surroundings and no money to return to Paris, but he did have a huge stack of films on DVD, which he constantly supplemented with online orders and illegal downloads.

Selected filmography (shorts): On My Knees (À genoux, 2005), Compilation, 12 Moments of Unshared Love (Compilation, 12 instants d’amour non partagé, 2007), I’ll Be Floating Without Any Desire (Je flotterai sans envie, 2008), A Diamond Guitar (La guitare de diamants, 2009), Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream (Ne croyez surtout pas que je hurle, 2019) Touches on subjects as isolation, coping, addiction, politics and cinema itself. Directed by Frank Beauvais. Showing all 1 items Jump to: Summaries (1) Summaries. Frank Beauvais - 2019 - When his relationship fell apart and his partner moved out, Frank Beauvais was left trapped in the French countryside. ... Beauvais speaks of the breakup that led to his retreat, the estranged father with whom he bonded over cinema just before his death, and the symptoms of our current cultural climate that make pressing on an act of resistance. Just Don't Think I'll Scream exhibits the best kind of aesthetic innovation, namely, innovation inextricably married to the story being told. The love story that brought me to this village in Alsace where I live ended six months ago. “Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream” is an exorcism, a meditation, a diary of six months of loneliness with hope at the end of the tunnel. 0 votes and 0 reviews | Write a Review. Jorge Mourinha 17 Apr 2019 Berlinale 2019: New Techniques in Storytelling Just Don't Think I'll Scream (2019) Plot. Frank Beauvais's intimate essay film assembles excerpts from the 400-plus films the French director watched over a four-month period of seclusion in 2016. Just Don't Think I'll Scream is a documentary that consists solely of edited footage from the films director Frank Beauvais has seen in a dark period in his life. Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream is a portrait of that time told through silent excerpts from Beauvais’s cinematic compendium. The films wildly span genre, nationality and time period, and are paired with a spoken first-person memoir narration track from Beauvais. Just Don't Think I'll Scream. 1970, France). Beauvais uses a voice-over to talk about this period. Just Don't Think I'll Scream exhibits the best kind of aesthetic innovation, namely, innovation inextricably married to the story being told. After watching over 400 films in the span of just around four months, director Frank Beauvais reflects on his life and what led to this cinematic hibernation in Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream, an impressive, rapidly-edited, and deeply personal cinematic essay.. The love story that brought me to this village in Alsace where I live ended six months ago. January 2016. January 2016. At 45, I am now alone, without a car, a job or any real prospects, surrounded by luxuriant nature, the proximity of which is not enough to calm the deep distress into which I am plunged. Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream is a record of these seven months constructed solely through images from these 400 films strung together with Beauvais fast-paced voiceover. The pairings […] Frank Beauvais (b. The love story that brought me to this village in Alsace where I live ended six months ago.

Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream - Ne croyez surtout pas que je hurle. January 2016. Just Don't Think I'll Scream exhibits the best kind of aesthetic innovation, namely, innovation inextricably married to the story being told.” - The Playlist "This is a brisk, stimulating movie which concludes (correctly) that compulsive cinephilia is a rewarding parasite at the best of times.”