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A Companion to François Truffaut

Beschreibung

The 34 essays of this collection by leading internationalscholars reassess Truffaut s impact on cinema as they locate theunique quality of his thematic obsessions and his remarkablenarrative techniques. Almost 30 years after his death, we arepresented with strikingly original perspectives on his background,influences, and importance.Bridges a gap in film scholarship with aseries of 34 original essays by leading film scholars that assessthe lasting impact of Truffaut's work

Provides striking new readings of individual films, and newperspectives on Truffaut's background, influences, andimportance
Offers a wide choice of critical perspectives ranging fromcurrent reflections in film theories to articles applyingmethodologies that have recently been neglected or consideredcontroversial
Includes international viewpoints from a range of Europeancountries, and from Japan, New Zealand, and Brazil
Draws on Truffaut's archives at the BiFI (Bibliotheque dufilm) in Paris
Includes an extended interview with French filmmaker ArnaudDesplechin concerning Truffaut's shifting stature in Frenchfilm culture and his manner of thought and work as a director

Autor

Dudley Andrew is the R. Selden Rose Professor of Film and Comparative Literature at Yale University, USA. He is the author or editor of nine books, including The Major Film Theories, Popular Front Paris and the Poetics of Culture (2005), What Cinema Is! (2010), and Opening Bazin (2011), which won the SCMS Best Anthology Award for 2011. Anne Gillain is professor emeritus at Wellesley College, USA. She is known for her work on French cinema, particularly François Truffaut, in books that include Le Cinéma selon François Truffaut (1988), Les 400 Coups (1991), and François Truffaut: The Lost Secret (2013).

Produktdetails

• Wiley Blackwell Companions to Film Directors
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A405198470
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 177mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 1283g
• ISBN-13: 9781405198479
• ISBN-10: 1405198478
• Artikelnr.: 37242975

Rezensionen

"A superb compendium of 34 critical essays on the late French film director ... Truffaut's deeply human and penetrating films come alive for the reader. A splendid 'companion' offering fresh insight and thoughtful analysis on every page. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above." (Choice, 1 September 2013)