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v. 1. The ontology of the photographic image -- The myth of total cinema -- The evolution of the language of cinema -- The virtues and limitations of montage -- In defense of mixed cinema -- Theater and cinema -- Le journal d'un curé de campagne and the stylistics of Robert Bresson -- Charlie Chaplin -- Cinema and exploration -- Painting and cinema. v. 2. An aesthetic of reality : cinematic realism and the Italian school of the liberation -- La terra trema -- Bicycle thief -- De Sica : metteur en scène -- Umberto D : a great work -- Cabiria : the voyage to the end of neorealism -- In defense of Rossellini -- The myth of Monsieur Verdoux -- Limelight, or, The death of Molière -- The grandeur of Limelight -- The western, or, The American film par excellence -- The evolution of the western -- Entomology of the pin-up girl -- The outlaw -- Marginal notes on Eroticism in the cinema -- The destiny of Jean Gabin.;"Andre Bazin's What Is Cinema? (volumes I and II) have been classics of film studies for as long as they've been available and are considered the gold standard in the field of film criticism. Although Bazin made no films, his name has been one of the most important in French cine

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Author
Bazin, André
Publisher
University of California Press
Published
2004
Language
EN
ISBN
9782204024198
Category
art
Subjects
History, Performing Arts, Sports

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