University of Illinois Press, 2012. - 179 p. As a pioneer of the French New Wave, Jacques Rivette was one of a group of directors who permanently altered the world's perception of cinema by taking the camera out of the studios and into the streets. His films, including Paris nous appartient , Out 1: Noli me tangere , Celine et Julie vont en bateau-Phantom Ladies Over Paris , La...
University of Illinois Press, 2011. - 196 p. In just over a decade, François Ozon has earned an international reputation as a successful and provocative filmmaker. A student of Eric Rohmer and Jean Douchet at the prestigious Femis, Ozon made a number of critically acclaimed shorts in the 1990s and released his first feature film Sitcom in 1998. Two additional shorts and eleven...
University of Illinois Press, 2008. - 159 p. This is the first book on Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the popular and critically acclaimed director of films such as Amelie , Delicatessen , A Very Long Engagement , Alien Resurrection , and City of Lost Children . Jeunet's work exemplifies Europe's engagement with Hollywood, while at the same time making him a figurehead of the critically...
John Wiley & Sons, 2013. - 616 p. François Truffaut called him, simply, ‘the best’. Jean Renoir is a towering figure in world cinema and fully justifies this monumental survey that includes contributions from leading international film scholars and comprehensively analyzes Renoir’s life and career from numerous critical perspectives. Introduction: Renoir In and Out of His Time...
John Wiley & Sons, 2013. - 615 p. The 34 essays of this collection by leading international scholars reassess Truffaut's impact on cinema as they locate the unique quality of his thematic obsessions and his remarkable narrative techniques. Almost 30 years after his death, we are presented with strikingly original perspectives on his background, influences, and importance. La...