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COMPANION TO JEAN RENOIR

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Informationen zum Autor Alastair Phillips is Reader in Film Studies at the University of Warwick, UK. He is the author of Rififi (2009), and City of Darkness, City of Light: Émigré Filmmakers in Paris 1929-1939 (2004). He is co-author of 100 Film Noirs (2009) and co-editor, with Ginette Vincendeau, of Journeys of Desire: European Actors in Hollywood (2006) as well as, with Julian Stringer, of Japanese Cinema: Texts and Contexts (2007). Ginette Vincendeau is Professor of Film Studies at King's College London, UK. Among her books are Jean Gabin: anatomie d'un mythe , with Claude Gauteur (1993, 2006), Pépé le Moko (1998), Stars and Stardom in French Cinema (2000), Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris (2003), and La Haine (2005). She co-edited Journeys of Desire: European Actors in Hollywood (2006) and The New French Wave: Critical Landmarks (2009). Klappentext François 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 Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors viii Acknowledgments xv Notes on the Text xvii Introduction: Renoir In and Out of His Time 1 Alastair Phillips and Ginette Vincendeau Part I Renoir in Close-Up 13 Section 1 Reassessing Renoir's Aesthetics 15 1 Shooting in Deep Time: The Mise en Scène of History in Renoir's Films of the 1930s 16 Martin O'Shaughnessy 2 The Exception and the Norm: Relocating Renoir's Sound and Music 35 Charles O'Brien 3 The Invention of French Talking Cinema: Language in Renoir's Early Sound Films 53 Michel Marie 4 Renoir and His Actors: The Freedom of Puppets 72 Christophe Damour 5 Design at Work: Renoir's Costume Dramas of the 1950s 88 Susan Hayward Section 2 Critical Focus on Selected Films 107 6 Sur un air de Charleston, Nana, La Petite Marchande d'allumettes, Tire au flanc: Renoir and the Ethics of Play 108 Anne M. Kern 7 La Grande Illusion: Sound, Silence, and the Displacement of Emotion 121 Valerie Orpen 8 La Bête humaine: Double Murder at the Station at Le Havre 131 Olivier Curchod 9 La Règle du jeu: Lies, Truth, and Irresolution (A Critical Round Table) 144 Christopher Faulkner, Martin O'Shaughnessy, and V. F. Perkins 10 The River: Beneath the Surface with André Bazin 166 Prakash Younger Part II Renoir: The Wider View 177 Section 1 Renoir's Filmmaking and the Arts 179 11 Seeing with His Own Eyes: Renoir and Photography 180 Alastair Phillips 12 Popular Songs in Renoir's Films of the 1930s 199 Kelley Conway 13 Renoir and the Popular T...

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