Cahiers du Cinema: The 1950s. Neo-Realism, Hollywood, New Wave [New Ed] 0415151058, 9780674090613, 9780674090606, 9780415151054, 0674090608, 0674090616

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Table of contents :
Contents ......Page 5
Preface and Acknowledgments ......Page 8
Books Frequenctly Cited in Text ......Page 12
Introduction ......Page 15
Part One: French Cinema ......Page 33
Introduction ......Page 35
Francois Truffaut: 'The Rogues are Weary'......Page 42
Andre Bazin, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Pierre Kast, Roger Leenhardt, Jacques Rivette, Eric Rohme: 'Six Characters in Search of auteurs: a Discussion about the French Cinema......Page 45
Jean-Luc Godard: 'Sufficient Evidence'......Page 61
Jean-Luc Godard: Les 400 Coups......Page 65
Fereydoun Hoveyda: 'The First Person Plural' ......Page 67
Jean Domarchi, Jacques Doniol Valcroze, Jean-Luc Godard, Pierre Kast, Jacques Rivette, Eric Rohmer: 'Hiroshima, notre amour' ......Page 73
Part Two: American Cinema ......Page 85
Introduction ......Page 87
I. Perspectives......Page 101
Eric Rohmer: 'Rediscovering America'......Page 102
Jacques Rivette: 'Notes on a Revolution'......Page 108
Andre Bazin: 'The Death of Humphrey Bogart'......Page 112
II. Dossier - Nicholas Ray ......Page 117
Jacques Rivette: 'On Imagination'......Page 118
Francois Truffaut: 'A Wonderful Certainty'......Page 121
Eric Rohmer: 'Ajax or the Cid?'......Page 125
Jean-Luc Godard: 'Nothing but Cinema'......Page 130
Jean-Luc Godard: 'Beyond the Stars'......Page 132
Charles Bitsch: Interview with Nicholas Ray......Page 134
III. Auteurs ......Page 139
Jacques Rivette: 'The Genius of Howard Hawks'......Page 140
Jacques Rivette: 'The Essential'......Page 146
Claude Chabrol: 'Serious Things'......Page 150
Jacques Rivette: 'The Hand'......Page 154
Luc Moullet: 'Sam Fuller: In Marlowe's Footsteps'......Page 159
IV. Genre ......Page 171
Claude Chabrol: 'Evolution of the Thriller'......Page 172
Andre Bazin: 'Beauty of a Western'......Page 179
Andre Bazin: 'An Exemplary Western'......Page 183
Part Three: Italian Cinema ......Page 187
Introduction ......Page 189
Andre Bazin: Umberto D ......Page 194
Amedee Ayfre: 'Neo-Realism and Phenomenology'......Page 196
Jacques Rivette: 'Letter o n Rossellini'......Page 206
Eric Rohmer: 'The Land of Miracles'......Page 219
Interviews with Roberto Rossellini......Page 223
Part Four: Polemics......Page 233
I. Criticism ......Page 234
Introduction ......Page 235
Pierre Kast: 'Flattering the Fuzz: Some Remarks on Dandyism and the Practice of Cinema'......Page 240
Jean Domarchi: 'Knife in the Wound'......Page 248
Andre Bazin: 'On the politique des auteurs'......Page 261
Luc Moullet, Andre Bazin, Jacques Rivette: Exchanges about Kurosawa and Mizoguchi......Page 274
Alexandre Astruc: 'What is mise en scene?'......Page 280
II. Dossier - CinemaScope ......Page 283
Introduction......Page 284
Francois Truffaut: 'A Full View'......Page 287
Jacques Rivette: 'The Age of metteurs en scene'......Page 289
Eric Rohmer: 'The Cardinal Virtues of CinemaScope'......Page 294
Appendix 1: Cahiers du Cinema Annual Best Films Listings 1955-9......Page 298
Appendix 2: Guide to Cahiers du Cinema Nos 1-102, April 1951 - December 1959, in English translation......Page 303
Appendix 3: Cahiers du Cinema in the 1960s and 1970s ......Page 316
Index of Names and Film Titles......Page 321

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