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Film director Eric Rohmer died yesterday according to Associated Press:

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French filmmaker Eric Rohmer, a founding director of the French "New Wave" movement, has died at the age of 89.

Rohmer died Monday in Paris. Relatives say he was hospitalized a week ago, but gave no further details about his condition.

Rohmer's films explored relationships and love affairs from a philosophical perspective.

Rohmer achieved critical acclaim in the late 1960s and early 1970s with films such as My Night at Maud's and Claire's Knee.

French President Nicholas Sarkozy said the filmmaker created the "Rohmer style" that will survive for years to come.

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I first liked him because of Le rayon vert. A genius.

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I knew the guy was going to die soon, but I did not expect it for a week or two.

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@contrex,

Le rayon vert was part of Rohmer's Comedies and Proverbs series. From the same series, I enjoyed Pauline à la plage the most. Rohmer wrote all of his own screenplays. His characters are realistic and the situations are as ambiguous as they would be in real life. He filmed all scenes in sequence.

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I've only seen four Rohmer films; the one I've liked best when I saw it is L'amour, l'après-midi, but the one with the subtliest emotional memories for me is Claire's Knee.

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@fbaezer,

I saw only Claire's Knee and remember not much at all except the seeing of it and some kind of mild disappointment, not re storyline, or was it, but in the film. Time to look at it again.

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