To Stay Alive: A Method

Name: To Stay Alive: A Method
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-09-30
Duration: 1 h 10 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Anne Claire Bourdin, Jérôme Tessier, Robert Combas

2016
1h 10m

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6.7/10

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Iggy Pop and Michel Houellebecq in To Stay Alive: A Method (2016)

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Based on Michel Houellebecq's 1991 essay "To Stay Alive", about struggling artists, the role of the poet, and mental health problems. Featuring marginal artists as well as Houellebecq and Ig... Read allBased on Michel Houellebecq's 1991 essay "To Stay Alive", about struggling artists, the role of the poet, and mental health problems. Featuring marginal artists as well as Houellebecq and Iggy Pop.Based on Michel Houellebecq's 1991 essay "To Stay Alive", about struggling artists, the role of the poet, and mental health problems. Featuring marginal artists as well as Houellebecq and Iggy Pop.

Directors
Writers
- Michel Houellebecq
- Erik Lieshout
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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

353

YOUR RATING

Directors
Writers
- Michel Houellebecq
- Erik Lieshout
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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At the beginning of the film, the five artists are introduced to us with a caption indicating their first name and their age. All of them are introduced by their real first name, except for Michel Houellebecq's character, who is introduced as "Vincent (53)". Later into the film, it's revealed by the name plate at his front door that his family name is "Greilsamer". "Vincent Greilsamer" is a character (who is an artist) from Michel Houellebecq's 2005 novel "The Possibility of an Island". Robert Combas is introduced at the start of the film as "Robert (49)". However, in reality Robert Combas was actually not 49, but 59 years old at the release of this film.