The Bressonians

French Cinema and the Culture of Authorship

Codruţa Morari (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

206 Seiten

2024
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-310-8 (ISBN)

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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.

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

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

Erscheinungsdatum	07.02.2024
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-80539-310-3 / 1805393103
ISBN-13	978-1-80539-310-8 / 9781805393108
Zustand	Neuware