New Yorker Films
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Pierre Films is a film distribution company founded in 1965 by Daniel Talbot as an outgrowth of his movie house, the New Yorker Theater, after he discovered he was unable to obtain certain foreign titles.
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[edit] Founding
Through New Yorker Films Mr. Talbot aimed to import unavailable foreign films himself. Early acquisitions such as Bernardo Bertolucci's Before the Revolution, Jean-Luc Godard's Les Carabiniers, and Ousmane Sembene's Black Girl helped establish New Yorker Films as a presenter of the world's innovative, artistically significant, and politically engaged films.[1]
[edit] Titles Introduced
Controversial and challenging works avoided by other distributors that New Yorker Films has helped gain an audience in the United States include: Jacques Rivette's Celine and Julie Go Boating, Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, Claude Lanzmann's documentary Shoah, Emir Kusturica's Underground (film), and Werner Herzog's Aguirre, the Wrath of God.[1]
[edit] Trends Introduced
New Yorker Films considers itself the primary force in introducing the United States to New German Cinema, the politically-embattled Latin American cinema, and the postcolonial African cinema. It discovered the early breakthrough works of such now-celebrated filmmakers as Agnieszka Holland, Juzo Itami, Errol Morris, Wayne Wang, and Zhang Yimou. More recently they have explored new frontiers in the Iranian, Asian, and Eastern European cinemas.[1]
[edit] Non-Theatrical Market
New Yorker Films also services the non-theatrical market, catering to the specialized needs of film society and classroom venues not generally served by larger film providers. The New Yorker Films library includes titles from leading independent and foreign film distributors such as Sony Pictures Classics, First Look, and Lions Gate Entertainment.[1]
