Jean Renior: The Complete Films - Hardcover

Faulkner, Christopher

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3822830976 ISBN 13: 9783822830970

Publisher: Taschen America Llc, 2007

Synopsis

Le ma?tre du cin?ma A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it into pieces and makes it again. ?Jean Renoir Jean Renoir (1894-1979) was, like his father Auguste, a virtuoso in his field. From early films such as La Fille de l?Eau and La Chienne through later masterpieces like Rules of the Game and The Grand Illusion (widely considered to be two of the greatest films ever made), Renoir forged a reputation as France's most important filmmaker. Highly prolific (he directed over 40 films), Renoir worked in a multitude of genres, though social realism was his most powerful mode of expression.

About this title

About the Author:

Christopher Faulkner is professor of film studies and director of the Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He is the author of The Social Cinema of Jean Renoir and, with Olivier Curchod, of La Règle du jeu: scénario original de Jean Renoir, as well as numerous articles on Renoir and on French cinema. He is currently writing a book on the reception history of La Règle du jeu.

Review:

"A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it into pieces and makes it again." - Jean Renoir"

About this edition

• Publisher: Taschen America Llc
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 3822830976
• ISBN 13: 9783822830970
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Duncan Paul