Roland Lethem
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 5, 1942
- Birthplace
- Etterbeek, Belgium
Roland Lethem (born 1942) is a Belgian filmmaker and writer. Influenced at his beginnings by Buñuel , Cocteau , the surrealists and by the Japanese cinema ( Seijun Suzuki , Ishirō Honda , Kōji Wakamatsu , Yoko Ono ), stunned by the Festival of the experimental film of Knokke in 1967 and by May 1968, Roland Lethem wants to push the people to look at the things of which they say they are freed, it's to say to place them in front of their responsibilities. Even if sometimes the results leaves much to be desired, the idea of each one of his films is seductive and exemplary. A fact is certain, his films are disturbing, they are sometimes unpleasant to look at. The narcissistic and provocative play of the debut turned itself into direct, visual, and verbal insult, and in slandering. His dream was one moment to be able to film the intimate life of the pope or the sexual plays of the Belgian sovereigns. Through violence, pornography and cruelty of some scenes, Roland Lethem is a gentle, generous man with a lot of humor. The work of Roland Lethem evolves, becomes political, ecological. The Ballad of the cursed lovers, 1966 or The Bloodthirsty Fairy, 1968 still tell stories. The Sufferings of a ravaged Egg , 1967, poem of love in several parts (Étoiles/Stars, Corps/Bodies, Hymen/Marriage or Hymen (ambiguous in French), Oeuf/Egg) dedicated to all who conceive and to all who are conceived, irresistibly makes you think at the Histoire de l'oeil (Story of the Eye, 1928) of Georges Bataille .
Filmography
Crime contre le cinéma 2020
Actor
EXPRMNTL 2016
as Himself
Le Petit Bonhomme Vert 2013
Director
Jardins clandestins 2012
Actor
Amer 2009
Thanks
2 ou 3 choses que je sais de Joseph Morder 2007
as Self (archive footage)
Gourmandises 2004
Director, Writer
Le journal de Joseph M. 2000
as Génie Morlock
Pieces of Identity 1998
as Night Club manager
Cinéma 1997
Actor
Hostel Party 1990
Director, Screenplay
Jean-Gina B. 1984
as apostle
- Cinématon XVII
Cinématon XVII 1982
as N°161
Cocktail Morlock 1981
as Self
La Saga de Madiana 1981
Director, Writer, Producer
Trois pierres 1980
Writer, Director
The Crazed Sex of the Bloodthirsty Fairy 1979
Director
Beef Cattle 1979
as vagrant
Cinématon 1978
as N°161
Marilyn's La(te)st Love Song 1978
Actor, Director, Writer
Pierre 1977
Editor
- Super bite
Super bite 1975
Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematography, Editor
- La tête d'un frère
La tête d'un frère 1975
Actor, Director, Writer
- Grève et pets
Grève et pets 1975
Actor
Comme le temps paxe vite 1974
Director, Writer
Super huître 1974
Actor, Editor, Director, Writer
- In Memoriam Alfons Vranckx
In Memoriam Alfons Vranckx 1974
as Man in orgy (archive footage), Director, Writer
- Thalamus Lives!
Thalamus Lives! 1973
Director
- Le Vice et la Vertu
Le Vice et la Vertu 1973
as Man, Director, Writer
- Sprookje, of l'homme-objet
Sprookje, of l'homme-objet 1972
Actor
- Gerda Flower Powers
Gerda Flower Powers 1971
Director
Le vampire de la cinémathèque 1971
Director
Le sexe enragé 1970
as L'homme dans le lit, Writer, Director
- Cold Head
Cold Head 1970
as Man in orgy
Bunch of Assholes! 1970
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
The Bloodthirsty Fairy 1969
Director, Writer
The Sufferings of a Wounded Egg 1967
Actor, Director
La ballade des amants maudits 1967
Writer, Director
Lili au lit 1965
as The father, Writer, Director
- La Double Insomnie
La Double Insomnie 1963
Actor, Director
Credits from TMDB.