A Companion To Jean Renoir Alastair Phillips Ginette Vincendeau Eds by Alastair Phillips, Ginette Vincendeau (eds.) 9781118325315, 9781444338539, 1118325311, 1444338536 instant download after payment.
Francois Truffaut called him, simply, ‘the best’. Jean Renoir is a towering figure in world cinema and fully justifies this monumental survey that includes contributions from leading international film scholars and comprehensively analyzes Renoir’s life and career from numerous critical perspectives.
- New and original research by the world’s leading English and French language Renoir scholars explores stylistic, cultural and ideological aspects of Renoir’s films as well as key biographical periods
- Thematic structure admits a range of critical methodologies, from textual analysis to archival research, cultural studies, gender-based and philosophical approaches
- Features detailed analysis of Renoir’s essential works
- Provides an international perspective on this key auteur’s enduring significance in world film history
Content:
Chapter none Introduction (pages 1–12): Alastair Phillips and Ginette Vincendeau
Chapter 1 Shooting in Deep Time (pages 13–34): Martin O'Shaughnessy
Chapter 2 The Exception and the Norm (pages 35–52): Charles O'Brien
Chapter 3 The Invention of French Talking Cinema (pages 53–71): Michel Marie
Chapter 4 Renoir and His Actors (pages 72–87): Christophe Damour
Chapter 5 Design at Work (pages 88–105): Susan Hayward
Chapter 6 Sur un air de Charleston, Nana, La Petite Marchande d'allumettes, Tire au flanc (pages 107–120): Anne M. Kern
Chapter 7 La Grande Illusion (pages 121–130): Valerie Orpen
Chapter 8 La Bete humaine (pages 131–143): Olivier Curchod
Chapter 9 La Regle du jeu (pages 144–165): Christopher Faulkner, Martin O'Shaughnessy and V. F. Perkins
Chapter 10 The River (pages 166–175): Prakash Younger
Chapter 11 Seeing with His Own Eyes (pages 177–198): Alastair Phillips
Chapter 12 Popular Songs in Renoir's Films of the 1930s (pages 199–218): Kelley Conway
Chapter 13 Renoir and the Popular Theater of His Time (pages 219–236): Genevieve Sellier
Chapter 14 Theatricality and Spectacle in La Regle du jeu, Le Carrosse d'or, and Elena et les hommes (pages 237–254): Thomas El
