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Zusatztext Elegantly moving across disciplines, history, theory and geography, the essays in Opening Bazin construct an invaluable and vivid picture of Bazin as film theorist, film critic and engaged intellectual. It seems throughout to amount to more than the study of one man. However its richness and diversity is derived from those qualities in Bazin himself, so just as the book transcends its subject, he himself returns not only as its generative figure but also as an emblem of the peculiar and elusive nature of the cinema itself. Informationen zum Autor Dudley Andrew: an Officier de l'ordre des arts et des lettres (French Ministry of Culture and Communication) and inductee into the America Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has published The Major Film Theories, Concepts of Film Theory, and Andre Bazin, all with OUP as well as books on major filmmakers and 30s French culture (with Princeton, Harvard, and the BFI). Hervé Joubert-Laurencin: a leading authority in France on Bazin as well as a specialist on the work of Pasolini. Publications include Pasolini: Portrait du poete en cineaste (1995 Diffusion Seuil), and La lettre volante: Quatre essais sur le cinema d'animation (1997 Presses de la Sorbonne nouvelle) Klappentext Andre Bazin remains one of the most read! most studied! and most engaging figures ever to have written about film. Fifty years after his death! he is still widely recognized as cinema's most significant philosopher-critic. Always an important presence within cinema theory! Bazin has seen a massive resurgence of interest among critics! scholars! and students now that an electronic archive of his entire critical output has been catalogued. Opening Bazin assesses the great critic's influence and legacy! with essays from several generations of the very best film scholars: Gunning! Frodon! Margulies! Conley! MacCabe! Narboni! and Vernet! to name just a few. Ultimately! these essays reaffirm Bazin's relevance in this new century! tracing his lineage! debating his aesthetics! locating him in the rich cultural moment of postwar France! and tracking the effect of his thought around the world. Zusammenfassung Features contributions from 33 renowned film scholars from four continents who have opened Bazin up in this new century, tracing his lineage, debating his aesthetics, locating him in the rich cultural moment of postwar France, and tracking the effect of his thought around the world....
