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One of the tenets observed by the screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière, who has died aged 89, was that âthe scenario is created when you and the director establish a near telepathic communication. This requires, on both sides, a receptiveness and a trust which can never be taken for granted. The scriptwriter must on occasion be prepared to submerge his ego, since ultimately itâs the directorâs film, and youâre there to help him, to facilitate him.â
Among the film directors whom Carrière âfacilitatedâ were Louis Malle, Pierre Etaix, Volker Schlöndorff, MiloÅ¡ Forman and, above all, Luis Buñuel, for and with whom he wrote six exemplary screenplays. Carrière first met Buñuel in 1963 when the latter was looking for a French co-writer on Diary of a Chambermaid, based on Octave Mirbeauâs 1900 novel. âBuñuel chose me only after eating lunch together and getting me to talk about the
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Jean-Claude Carrière
The Frenchman also wrote The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and Diary of a Chambermaid and received an honorary Oscar.
Jean-Claude Carrière, the prolific French screenwriter who collaborated with some of the greatest art house auteurs of his time, has died. He was 89.
Carrière died Monday evening of natural causes at his home in Paris, his daughter Kiara Carrière told the news service AFP.
Carrière won a competitive Oscar in 1963 for his work with countryman Pierre Étaix on a live-action short film, then received an honorary Academy Award at the Governors Awards in 2014.
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