Eric Rohmer's Film Theory (1948-1953) : From 'école Scherer' to 'politique des auteurs'

In the 1950s, a group of critics writing for Cahiers du Cinéma launched one of the most successful and influential trends in the history of film criticism: auteur theory. Though these days it is frequently usually viewed as limited and a bit old-fashioned, a closer inspection of the hundreds of litt...

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Main Author Grosoli, Marco
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Amsterdam University Press 2018
Edition1
SeriesFilm Theory in Media History
Subjects
Art & Art History
Film & Video
Film Studies
History & Criticism
Performing Arts
Recreational & performing arts
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Summary:In the 1950s, a group of critics writing for Cahiers du Cinéma launched one of the most successful and influential trends in the history of film criticism: auteur theory. Though these days it is frequently usually viewed as limited and a bit old-fashioned, a closer inspection of the hundreds of little-read articles by these critics reveals that the movement rested upon a much more layered and intriguing aesthetics of cinema. This book is a first step toward a serious reassessment of the mostly unspoken theoretical and aesthetic premises underlying auteur theory, built around a reconstruction of Eric Rohmer's early but decisive leadership of the group, whereby he laid down the foundations for the eventual emergence of their full-fledged auteurism.
Bibliography:MODID-d66f183fd58:Amsterdam University Press
ISBN:9789048537037
9048537037
9789462985803
9462985804
DOI:10.5117/978946298580