Bazin on global cinema, 1948-1958 / André Bazin ; translated and edited by Bert Cardullo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bazin, André, 1918-1958, author.

Contributor:

Cardullo, Bert, editor, translator.

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Reviews.

Genre:

Reviews.

Physical Description:

xx, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Contents:

Introduction / Bert Cardullo

Essays and Book Reviews. Discovering Cinema: Defense of the (New) Avant-Garde (L'écran français, December 21, 1948, and Cahiers du cinéma, March, 1952)

Death on the Silver Screen (L'esprit, September, 1949)

On Form and Matter, or the "Crisis" of Cinema (Almanach du théâtre et du cinéma, 1951)

On the Subject of Rereleases (Cahiers du cinéma, September, 1951)

Imaginary Man and the Magical Function of Cinema (France-observateur, September 13, 1956)

Cinema and Commitment (L'esprit, April, 1957)

The Question of James Dean (France-observateur, April 4, 1957)

The Star System Lives On (France-observateur, August 1, 1957)

Orson Welles Cannibalized (Cahiers du cinéma, October 1958)

Reflections on Criticism (Cinéma 58, December, 1958)

Interlude. André Bazin: One Character in Search of an Auteur (Cahiers du cinéma, May, 1957)

Film Reviews and Criticism. Marcel Carné's Le jour se lève (Daybreak) (D.O.C. éducation populaire, January, 1948)

Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (Le parisien libéré, October 13, 1948)

Coquelin, We Made It! Michael Gordon's Cyrano de Bergerac (Cahiers du cinéma, December, 1951)

The Ghetto as Concentration Camp: Alfréd Radok's The Long Journey (Cahiers du cinéma, February, 1952)

Joseph Losey's M: Remade in the USA (Cahiers du cinéma, April, 1952)

Orson Welles's Othello (Cahiers du cinéma, June, 1952)

A Meta-Western: Fred Zinnemann's High Noon (France-observateur, October 9, 1952)

Notes on Two Films by John Cromwell. Women in Cages: Caged; and Off the Beaten Path: The Goddess (Cahiers du cinéma, July, 1953; Cahiers du cinéma, October, 1958)

On Ambiguity: John Huston's The Red Badge of Courage (Cahiers du cinéma, October, 1953)

The Italian Scene (Cinéma 53 à travers le monde, 1954)

Film through a Telephoto Lens: Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, and Ruth Orkin's The Little Fugitive (Cahiers du cinéma, January

1954)

an apocalyptic pilgrimage: Kaneto Shindo's Children of Hiroshima (Le parisien libéré, march 10, 1954)

brilliant variations on some well-known notes: Nicholas Ray's Johnny Guitar (Le parisien libéré, february 18, 1955)

Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon and The seven samurai (France-observateur, April 24, 1952; and Le parisien libéré, December 7, 1955)

Doll in the flesh, cotton on fire: Elia Kazan's Baby doll (Le parisien libéré, January 3, 1957)

Akira Kurosawa's To live (Cahiers du cinéma, March, 1957)

The crabs of anger: Satoru Yamamura's The cannery boat (Cahiers du cinéma, March 1957)

Andrzej Wajda's Kanal (cahiers du cinéma, June, 1957)

War films: Richard Fleischer's Between heaven and hell and Anthony Mann's Men in war (France-observateur, June 20, 1957)

Vladimir Braun's Malva (France-observateur, September 12, 1957)

Akira Kurosawa's Throne of blood (Cahiers du cinéma, October, 1957)

Satyajit Ray's Aparajito (France-observateur, December 19, 1957)

Stanley Kramer's The pride and the passion (France- observateur, December 19, 1957)

Japan: Tadashi Imai's Night drum and Akira Kurosawa's Lower depths (Cahiers du cinéma, July 1958)

Sociological routines: Philip Dunne's Ten North Frederick (Cahiers du cinéma, October 1958).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes: Bazin bibliography; Books by André Bazin in French; Articles and reviews by Bazin in their original language; Books by Bazin translated into English; Book reviews of works by Bazin translated into English; Biocritical works on Bazin written in or translated into English; Dissertations and theses on Bazin written in English; Film credits.

ISBN:

9780292759367

0292759363

OCLC:

871965317