
WhileJackieRaynalisbestknownastheformerprogrammeroftwoofNewYork’spremiereartcinemas—theCarnegieHallandtheBleeckerStreet—shebeganhercareerinfilmnearlyfortyyearsagoinParis,whereby1964shewastheyoungestfilmeditorinFrance.ChallengedbyZanzibarpatronessBoissonnastostopeditingotherpeople’sfilmsandmakeherown,RaynaltraveledtoBarcelona,whereshecompletedDeuxFoisinasingleweek.OneofthemostenigmaticoftheZanzibarfilms,itiscomposedofaseriesofunconnectedepisodes,someofwhicharerepeated.ThefilmbeginswithaprologueinwhichRaynal(carefullymade-upandfashionablydressed)isseated,headloweredandhandsjoinedinprayer,beforebothherdinnerandherfilm.WhileDeuxFoislaysclaimtotheSurrealistlegacyofBuñuelandCocteau,itgainedcriticalrecognitionasapioneeringworkwithintheburgeoningfeministcinema.

