Pourquoi l'étrange Monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée?

1983 Canadian film

Pourquoi l'étrange Monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée?
Directed by	Yves Simoneau
Written by	Marie-Loup Simon
Produced by	Nicole Boisvert
Starring	Jean-Louis Millette Michel Rivard
Cinematography	Jean-Louis Chèvrefils
Edited by	François Dupuis
Music by	Michel Bergeron
Production company	Productions SDA
Release date	April 23, 1983 (1983-04-23)
Country	Canada
Language	French

Pourquoi l'étrange Monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée? ("Why was the strange Mr. Zolock so interested in comics?") is a Canadian docufiction film, released in 1983. A documentary about comic books and graphic novels, the film features interviews with comics illustrators wrapped by a fictional frame story in which Monsieur Zolock (Jean-Louis Millette), an evil supervillain, hires private investigator Dieudonné (Michel Rivard) to investigate the cultural influence of comics as part of his plot to take over the world.

The film won the Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 5th Genie Awards in 1984.

References

"Quebec director makes thriller with a message". Ottawa Citizen, September 11, 1986.
"Does anybody care about Genie shorts and documentaries". The Globe and Mail, March 16, 1984.
"Terry Fox Story wins best picture Genie: Eric Fryer, Martha Henry take top acting awards". The Globe and Mail, March 22, 1984.

External links

Pourquoi l'étrange Monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée? at IMDb

v t e Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for Best Feature Length Documentary and Best Short Documentary
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v t e Works directed by Yves Simoneau
Films	Red Eyes (1982) Pourquoi l'étrange Monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée? (1983) Intimate Power (1986) In the Shadow of the Wind (1987) In the Belly of the Dragon (1989) Perfectly Normal (1990) Mother's Boys (1993) Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994) Free Money (1998) Ignition (2001) 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003) Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) Ruffian (2007) America (2009) Assassin's Creed: Lineage (2009) The Bait (2010) Betty & Coretta (2013)
Miniseries	Cruel Doubt (1992) Dead Man's Walk (1996) Intensity (1997) Nuremberg (2000) Napoléon (2002)

Works directed by Yves Simoneau

Films

Red Eyes (1982)
Pourquoi l'étrange Monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée? (1983)
Intimate Power (1986)
In the Shadow of the Wind (1987)
In the Belly of the Dragon (1989)
Perfectly Normal (1990)
Mother's Boys (1993)
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994)
Free Money (1998)
Ignition (2001)
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
Ruffian (2007)
America (2009)
Assassin's Creed: Lineage (2009)
The Bait (2010)
Betty & Coretta (2013)

Miniseries

Cruel Doubt (1992)
Dead Man's Walk (1996)
Intensity (1997)
Nuremberg (2000)
Napoléon (2002)

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