Through Parisian Eyes - Reflections on Contemporary French Arts and Culture

Melinda Camber Porter has interviewed the most prominent Parisian cultural figures of the '70s and '80s. The dominant trends in French artistic and political thought emerge vividly from an array of po

List of contents

History and Responsibility * Francois Truffaut * Marcel Ophuls * Costa-Gavras The Theatrical Establishment in Renewal * Jean Anouilh * Jean-Louis Barrault * Eugne Ionesco Foreign Connections * Breyten Breytenbach * Michael Lonsdale * Peter Brook Communication at the Breaking Point * Alain Resnais * Alain Robbe-Grillet * Louis Malle * Eric Rohmer * Marcel Carn * Jean Eustache * Bertrand Tavernier Decisive Women * Marguerite Duras * Delphine Seyrig * Roger Vadim * Monique Wittig * Franoise Giroud The Invasion of the Modernist Philosophers * Poets of the Hexagon * Edmond Jabs * Phillipe Adrien * Jean-Paul Sartre * Jean-Paul Aron Freedom Fighters * Olivier Todd * Yves Montand * Bernard-Henri Lvy The Sovereignty of the Writer * Franoise Sagan * Jean-Francois Revel * Andr Malraux * Rgis Debray

About the author

Melinda Camber Porter (1953-2008) was a cultural correspondent for the London Times. Her journalism and poetry have appeared internationally; her books include The Art of Love: Love Poems and Paintings and Badlands, a novel.

Summary

"A particularly readable and brilliantly compiled collection. The voices of French intellectuals--artists, dramatists, filmmakers, actors, writers, and philosophers--mingle in this uniquely constructed volume of interviews and commentary."--Boston Globe

Melinda Camber Porter has interviewed the most prominent Parisian cultural figures of the '70s and '80s. The dominant trends in French artistic and political thought emerge vividly from an array of portraits and dialogues. As a whole, Through Parisian Eyes creates a seamless and revealing depiction of French culture.

Includes: Francois Truffaut, Costa-Gavras, Eugene Ionesco, Andre Malraux, Alain Resnais, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Louis Malle, Eric Rohmer, Marguerite Duras, Bernard-Henri Levy, Jean-Paul Sartre, Yves Montand, Jean-Francois Revel, Francoise Sagan, and others

"Porter's eclectic gathering covers topics that include French xenophobia, politics, feminism, creativity, intellectualism, structuralism, imagination, and the arts, providing an area of interest for almost every palate. . . . A well-rounded, intelligent look at the contemporary Parisian spirit." --San Francisco Chronicle

Product details

• Authors: Melinda Porter, Melinda Camber Porter
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1993
• EAN: 9780306805400
• ISBN: 978-0-306-80540-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques; Essays, HISTORY / Europe / General, ART / Criticism & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays, HISTORY / Essays, Other performing arts, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Literary essays, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1980 to c 1989