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Showalter discusses the film in the context of Rohmer's conservative film theory and explains its relationship to the other films in the director's series of Six Moral Tales. He shows how Rohmer's sense of place and his techniques of film narration develop the theme of moral choice in a story about love and chance encounters with a delightfully ironic conclusion.
The volume also contains a selection of background and critical materials, including interviews with Rohmer and pertinent statements by him, reviews of the film from several countries, and important criticism of the film from the past twenty years. A brief biography, filmography, and selected bibliography are also included. This volume will be indispensable for anyone studying this important film, and will delight those who just want to enjoy it.
List of contents
My night at Maud's : moral choices, realistic chances / English Showalter
Eric Rohmer : a biographical sketch
My night at Maud's
Credits and cast
The continuity script
Notes on the continuity script
A new conversation with Eric Rohmer / Pascal Bonitzer [and others]
Eric Rohmer : an interview / Graham Petrie
Preface to Six moral tales / Eric Rohmer
Letter to a critic / Eric Rohmer
Reviews
Le Monde / Jean de Baroncelli
Cahiers du Cine¿ma / Pascal Bonitzer
Combat / Henry Chapier
Nouvelles Litte¿raires / Gilles Jacob
Cine¿ma 69 / Frantz Gevaudan
Commonweal / Martin Tucker
Second Sight / Richard Schickel
Focus on Film / Peter Cowie
A sampling of reviews
Commentaries
My night at Maud's / Marion Vidal
Eric Rohmer, the passionate architect / Jean Collet
My night at Maud's / C.G. Crisp
Pascal's wager and the feminist dilemma in Eric Rohmer's My night at Maud's / Frank R. Cunningham
About the author
Showalter, English
