The Taste for Beauty by Eric Rohmer (English) Paperback Book

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A collection of essays by the film-maker and critic Eric Rohmer written between 1948 1979.

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The Taste for Beauty is a collection of essays by the film-maker and critic Eric Rohmer which were originally written for the French Film review Cahiers du Cinema between 1948-1979. Rohmer, one of the founding members of the French 'New Wave' cinema, was also one of the journal's original critics and served as its editor. Divided into four sections, the essays deal with fundamental and theoretical questions of film-making from a single theoretical viewpoint. Rohmer, a film-maker of great eloquence and erudition, writes in depth on the issues most fundamental to film: what the camera best portrays; the role of sound and colour; the use of drama and comedy; the role of speech; and the problem of literary adaptation; he also includes a personal defence of his films. The final section is devoted entirely to the film-maker Jean Renoir. The Taste for Beauty will be appreciated by students and critics of film, as well as those who love French cinema in general.

Table of Contents

Foreword to French Edition; 1. The Critical Years - Interview with Eric Rohmer Jean Narboni; Part I. The Classical Age of Cinema Cinema: 2. The art of space; 3. For a talking cinema; 4. The romance is gone; 5. Reflections on color; 6. The classical age of cinema; 7. Such vanity is painting; 8. Isou or Things As They Are?; Of three films and of a certain school Of taste and colors; The taste for Beauty Letter to a critic - Concerning my moral tales; 9. Film and the three levels of discourse?; Part II. For an unpure cinema Andre Bazin's 'Summa': 10. Lesson of a failure - Moby Dick John Houston; 11. Explanation of a vet - South Pacific Joshua Logan Faith and mountains - Les Etoiles de Midi Marchel Ichac; 12. The photogenics of sport; Alfred Hitchcock: 13. Vertigo IV. Jean Renoir; 14. The American Renoir Elena and Her Man (Venus and the Apes); 15. Renoir's youth; 16. The Little Theater of Jean Renoir; 17. Filmgraphy of Rohmer films; Index.

Review

"...valuable additions to film scholarship..." Library Journal "Film scholarship is richly served in...The Taste for Beauty... Carol Volk's translation is notable for its lucid rendering of the subtleties of the French language." George L. George, American Cinematographer

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"...valuable additions to film scholarship..."Library Journal

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A collection of essays by the film-maker and critic Eric Rohmer written between 1948-1979.

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This is a collection of essays by the film-maker and critic Eric Rohmer which were originally written for the French film review Cahiers du Cinema between 1948-1979. Rohmer writes in depth on the issues most fundamental to film and also includes a personal defence of his films.

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This is a collection of essays by the film-maker and critic Eric Rohmer which were originally written for the French film review Cahiers du Cinema between 1948-1979. Rohmer writes in depth on the issues most fundamental to film and also includes a personal defence of his films.

Details ISBN052138592X Author Eric Rohmer Short Title TASTE FOR BEAUTY Pages 236 Publisher Cambridge University Press Series Cambridge Studies in Film Language English Translator Carol Volk ISBN-10 052138592X ISBN-13 9780521385923 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 791.437 Illustrations Yes Year 1990 Publication Date 1990-02-28 Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from French Birth 1920 Death 2010 Residence US Edition 0002nd DOI 10.1604/9780521385923 Audience College/Higher Education UK Release Date 1990-02-23 AU Release Date 1990-02-23 NZ Release Date 1990-02-23 We've got this

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