Stories That Should Be Told (8) Cyril Collard La Rage (Track 5)
Now they were all there, applauding enthusiastically; "Les Nuits Sauvages" had won 4 César awards, and everyone knew that the film already had the aura of a "cult" classic.
Too bad Cyril had died three days earlier.
Taken away by AIDS. Poorly narrated with surgical coldness and clear cruelty, first in the novel and then in that film, harsh and merciless, primarily with himself.
Cyril discovered in Panama, during a trip with his father, the fever of writing, the strength of his talent, and the insatiable abyss of his hunger for sex.
Crystal-clear talent: writer, photographer, filmmaker, and musician.
His band, CYR, had achieved some decent recognition (but only in France). Then he collaborated with Rachid Taha and his Carte de Séjour (another story that should be told, but above all "listened to"), filming some of their videos and finally composing the music for some of his feature films.
The soundtrack of "Les Nuits Sauvages" is, along with the film, his testament.
Sex, death, sadomasochism, sick love, pain in a thousand forms, but never—never—self-pity (nothing like Philadelphia!), it’s all there in this film and in the music that accompanies it. Cyril lays himself bare, and the first reaction is to look away...
Cyril knew he was condemned.
And he feels it.