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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
*'''Cahiers du Cinéma'''
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*''Cahiers du Cinéma''
 
**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"
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***''Auteur'' = "author"
 
**François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Eric Rohmer
 
**François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Eric Rohmer
 
*Bazinian realism
 
*Bazinian realism
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#*1950s
 
#*1950s
 
#*Theatrical, backstage stories; comedies, musicals
 
#*Theatrical, backstage stories; comedies, musicals
==Strongly recommended:==
 
 
Go watch Welles's ''The Magnificent Ambersons'' in the Gorgas Library!
 
  
 
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Revision as of 11:40, 29 June 2013

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:
        1. Those who put their "faith in the image"
          • Méliès
          • German expressionism
          • Soviet montage--Kuleshov, Eisenstein
        2. Those who put their "faith in reality"
      • Advocated a specific type of realism:
        1. Deep focus
          • Composition in depth
          • Spatial continuum
        2. Longer takes
          • Temporal continuum
        3. Lateral camera movement

Jean Renoir (1894-1979)

  1. Silent films
    • Surrealist, experimental
  2. Sound films in France, pre-WW II
    • 1930s
    • Popular Front—liberal, socialist politics
    • Poetic Realism—dark dramas
  3. Sound films in US, during WW II
    • Variety
  4. Sound films in France, post-WW II
    • 1950s
    • Theatrical, backstage stories; comedies, musicals