Hello, my name's Justin the Klu, and I'm here today with Will Sloan.

And you're listening to The Important Cinema Club.

Why don't you do like a fist bump instead of it?

I'm projecting strength.

And today we're talking about Chantal Ackerman.

The muscles from Brussels.

Do not sink. That's the way people describe her. I know, Jean-Claude Van Damme actually took her moniker because he was such a big fan. So for people that don't know who Chantelle Ackerman is, how would you describe her, Will? Oh, God. You've really put me on the spot here. she makes, okay, first of all, I love Chantal Ackerman, so I'm just going to do... You're going to put down your intellectual credentials, just drop it right on the table. So now I'm going to explain it like I would to a four-year-old. Chantle Ackerman makes long and slow movies about lonely and alienated people. That's right.

And who often have mommy issues.

Yes.

And she recently passed away a few years ago, but she has been making movies since the

early 70s when she famously stole a bunch of 35 millimeter black and white film from

somewhere she was visiting to make a first picture,

which you actually saw, Will.

Jutu I'll.

Well, first of all, I want to talk about what she's most famous for, which is Jean Diehlmann,

landmark of feminist cinema.

I remember I saw this movie.

I'll just say what my experience with it is, because I think you saw it this week.

I did.

I was in second year university when I went to see this movie at the cinema tech, I think in 2008. And I went almost as a joke.

Why?

Because I'd heard that this movie was this 205 minute movie where all of it was just a woman doing household chores.

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