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

• Main Author: Grosoli, Marco
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Amsterdam University Press 2018
• Edition: 1
• Series: Film Theory in Media History
• Subjects: Art & Art History; Film & Video; Film Studies; History & Criticism; Performing Arts; Recreational & performing arts

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...