The Short Films of Luc Moullet
A master of resourceful filmmaking, we present a curated selection of Luc Moullet's incisive and hilarious short films, including his Henry James adaptation.
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Sep 27, 2025, 2:00 PM
2220 Arts + Archives, 2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057, USA
THE SHORT FILMS OF LUC MOULLET
Screening as part of Luc Moullet: Hardly Working, a Mezzanine retrospective.
doors/bar: 1:30pm
film: 2pm
La Valse des médias
1987, France, 27m
This typically clever work of cinematic sociology examines the modernization of public libraries in France and the rise of the media library. (Film at Lincoln Center)
Le Fantome de Longstaff
1996, France, 20m
This free adaptation of a short story by Henry James follows an ailing American woman who travels to Rome with a friend and encounters what appears to be the ghost of a man she knew years earlier. (Film at Lincoln Center)
Le Ventre de l’Amérique
1996, France, 25m
This signature documentary finds Moullet wishing to experience a United States beyond the usual fixation on New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco—and so he travels to Des Moines, Iowa, of all places. (Film at Lincoln Center)
Le Litre de lait
2006, France, 14m
In this foray into autobiography, a teenage boy is tasked with buying some milk from the wife of his mother’s lover. (Film at Lincoln Center)
Less and Less (Toujours moins)
2010, France, 14m
The follow-up to More and More comically probes the sometimes convenient, sometimes baffling automation of modern life. (Film at Lincoln Center)
Total runtime: 100m