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<p>This classic in the literature of cinema represents the convergence of the three leading figures of French film: Jean Renoir, universally considered the greatest French director; André Bazin, the outstanding French film critic and theorist; and François Truffaut, the pioneer of <i>la nouvelle vague.</i> Bazin left this examination of Renoir’s films unfinished when he died in 1958; Truffaut collected and edited the essays, and added a comprehensive filmography in which Bazin, Truffaut, Jacques Rivette, Jean-Luc Godard, Eric Rohmer, and other <i>Cahiers du Cinéma</i> regulars comment on the films. Here are brilliant insights into the whole of Renoir’s <i>oeuvre,</i> from the avant-garde fantasy of <i>La Petite Marchande d’Allumettes,</i> through the epic humanism of <i>Grand Illusion</i> and <i>The Rules of the Game,</i> to the quiet grace of <i>The River</i> and the profound theatricality of <i>The Golden Coach.</i> Bazin shows why Renoir is the critical figure in the development of cinema since the silent era, and how he went beyond montage to give the art new expressive potential. Renoir’s work constitutes one of the most fully and beautifully elaborated visions in contemporary

Author

André Bazin

Publisher

Da Capo Press, Incorporated

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780306804656

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.8 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14