In this absorbing documentary by French critic Labarthe, Rohmer elaborates on his technical, philosophical, and aesthetic approach to filmmaking. We see him rummaging through his files and notebooks for the spark that inspired a particular film, comparing successive accounts of the same script, projecting screen tests on his office wall-in short, substantiating what he says at every turn. Despite the mood of immediacy and spontaneity he creates in his cinema, this is no accidental filmmaker.