The Bressonians (eBook)

French Cinema and the Culture of Authorship

Codruţa Morari (Autor)

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2017
206 Seiten
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-78533-572-3 (ISBN)

Infos

How should we understand film authorship in an era when the idea of the solitary and sovereign auteur has come under attack, with critics proclaiming the death of the author and the end of cinema? The Bressonians provides an answer in the form of a strikingly original study of Bresson and his influence on the work of filmmakers Jean Eustache and Maurice Pialat. Extending the discourse of authorship beyond the idea of a singular visionary, it explores how the imperatives of excellence function within cinema's pluralistic community. Bresson's example offered both an artistic legacy and a creative burden within which filmmakers reckoned in different, often arduous, and altogether compelling ways.

Autor

Codruţa Morari is Assistant Professor of French and Media Studies at Wellesley College. She holds a doctorate in Film Studies from the University of Paris III – Sorbonne Nouvelle.

Inhalt

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. “Il faut un auteur!”: Robert Bresson and the Making of the Author
Chapter 2. An Elusive Style
Chapter 3. Kinsmen
Chapter 4. The Ethics of Duplicity
Chapter 5. Working Artists

Conclusion

Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Film and Television Studies • Film Studies
• ISBN-10: 1-78533-572-3 / 1785335723
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78533-572-3 / 9781785335723