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*Wrote during the post-World War II years: 1940s-1958 | *Wrote during the post-World War II years: 1940s-1958 | ||
**Died in 1958 at age 39 | **Died in 1958 at age 39 | ||
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**Founded 1950 with Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Lo Duca in 1951. | **Founded 1950 with Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Lo Duca in 1951. | ||
**And edited it until his death | **And edited it until his death | ||
**World's most influential film journal in 1950/60's. | **World's most influential film journal in 1950/60's. | ||
**"Auteur Theory" | **"Auteur Theory" | ||
− | ***Auteur = "author" | + | ***''Auteur'' = "author" |
**François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Eric Rohmer | **François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Eric Rohmer | ||
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***#*Lumière Brothers | ***#*Lumière Brothers | ||
***#*Jean Renoir, Orson Welles, and William Wyler. | ***#*Jean Renoir, Orson Welles, and William Wyler. | ||
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***Advocated a '''specific type of realism''': | ***Advocated a '''specific type of realism''': | ||
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#*Theatrical, backstage stories; comedies, musicals | #*Theatrical, backstage stories; comedies, musicals | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:56, 8 September 2019
André Bazin
- Wrote during the post-World War II years: 1940s-1958
- Died in 1958 at age 39
- Cahiers du Cinéma
- Founded 1950 with Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Lo Duca in 1951.
- And edited it until his death
- World's most influential film journal in 1950/60's.
- "Auteur Theory"
- Auteur = "author"
- François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Eric Rohmer
- Bazinian realism
- "Evolution of Film Language"
- "Language" = film style, technique
- Divides filmmakers into two approaches:
- Those who put their "faith in the image"
- Méliès
- German expressionism
- Soviet montage--Kuleshov, Eisenstein
- Those who put their "faith in reality"
- Lumière Brothers
- Jean Renoir, Orson Welles, and William Wyler.
- Those who put their "faith in the image"
- Advocated a specific type of realism:
- Deep focus
- Composition in depth
- Spatial continuum
- Longer takes
- Temporal continuum
- Lateral camera movement
- Deep focus
Jean Renoir (1894-1979)
- Silent films
- Surrealist, experimental
- Sound films in France, pre-WW II
- 1930s
- Popular Front—liberal, socialist politics
- Poetic Realism—dark dramas
- Sound films in US, during WW II
- Variety
- Sound films in France, post-WW II
- 1950s
- Theatrical, backstage stories; comedies, musicals