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"...valuable additions to film scholarship..." Library Journal
"Film scholarship is richly served in...The Taste for Beauty.... Carol Volk's translation is notable for its lucid rendering of the subtleties of the French language." George L. George, American Cinematographer
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The Taste for Beauty is a collection of essays by the film-maker and critic Eric Rohmer which were originally written for the French Film review Cahiers du Cinema between 1948-1979. Rohmer, one of the founding members of the French 'New Wave' cinema, was also one of the journal's original critics and served as its editor. Divided into four sections, the essays deal with fundamental and theoretical questions of film-making from a single theoretical viewpoint. Rohmer, a film-maker of great eloquence and erudition, writes in depth on the issues most fundamental to film: what the camera best portrays; the role of sound and colour; the use of drama and comedy; the role of speech; and the problem of literary adaptation; he also includes a personal defence of his films. The final section is devoted entirely to the film-maker Jean Renoir. The Taste for Beauty will be appreciated by students and critics of film, as well as those who love French cinema in general.
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"...valuable additions to film scholarship..." Library Journal
"Film scholarship is richly served in...The Taste for Beauty.... Carol Volk's translation is notable for its lucid rendering of the subtleties of the French language." George L. George, American Cinematographer
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The Taste for Beauty is a collection of essays by the film-maker and critic Eric Rohmer which were originally written for the French Film review Cahiers du Cinema between 1948-1979. Rohmer, one of the founding members of the French 'New Wave' cinema, was also one of the journal's original critics and served as its editor. Divided into four sections, the essays deal with fundamental and theoretical questions of film-making from a single theoretical viewpoint. Rohmer, a film-maker of great eloquence and erudition, writes in depth on the issues most fundamental to film: what the camera best portrays; the role of sound and colour; the use of drama and comedy; the role of speech; and the problem of literary adaptation; he also includes a personal defence of his films. The final section is devoted entirely to the film-maker Jean Renoir. The Taste for Beauty will be appreciated by students and critics of film, as well as those who love French cinema in general.
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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 33 books | 16 books that cite this book Explore: Citations | Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - SIPs: contes moraux, politique des auteurs, film club, indirect style Key Phrases - CAPs: Orson Welles, Buster Keaton, Maurice Scherer, The Southerner, Bigger Than Life (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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First Sentence:
The systematic use of the still shot, in works by directors like Orson Welles, Wyler, or Hitchcock, has recently reminded us that the art of cinema is not limited solely to the technique of changing frames. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
contes moraux, politique des auteurs, film club, indirect style Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Orson Welles, Buster Keaton, Maurice Scherer, The Southerner, Bigger Than Life, Howard Hawks, South Pacific, Under Capricorn, Citizen Kane, John Huston, Nicholas Ray, Alfred Hitchcock, Ingrid Bergman, Les Girls, Paris Does Strange Things, Rear Window, The Barefoot Contessa, The Golden Coach, The River, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter, Archibaldo de la Cruz, Ladies of the Park, Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne, Marcel Ichac, The Crime of Monsieur Lange New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The systematic use of the still shot, in works by directors like Orson Welles, Wyler, or Hitchcock, has recently reminded us that the art of cinema is not limited solely to the technique of changing frames. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
contes moraux, politique des auteurs, film club, indirect style Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Orson Welles, Buster Keaton, Maurice Scherer, The Southerner, Bigger Than Life, Howard Hawks, South Pacific, Under Capricorn, Citizen Kane, John Huston, Nicholas Ray, Alfred Hitchcock, Ingrid Bergman, Les Girls, Paris Does Strange Things, Rear Window, The Barefoot Contessa, The Golden Coach, The River, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter, Archibaldo de la Cruz, Ladies of the Park, Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne, Marcel Ichac, The Crime of Monsieur Lange New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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books:
- Rules of the Game by Jean Renoir on 7 pages
- What Is Cinema? Vol. 1 by Andre Bazin on