The Ethnographic Optic : Jean Rouch, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais, and the Turn Inward in 1960s French Cinema / Laure Astourian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Astourian, Laure, author.

Series:

New directions in national cinemas.

New Directions in National Cinemas Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rouch, Jean--Criticism and interpretation.

Rouch, Jean.

Marker, Chris, 1921-2012--Criticism and interpretation.

Marker, Chris.

Resnais, Alain, 1922-2014--Criticism and interpretation.

Resnais, Alain.

Motion pictures--France--History.

Motion pictures.

Ethnology in motion pictures.

National characteristics, French, in motion pictures.

New wave films--France.

New wave films.

Cinéma vérité--History and criticism.

Cinéma vérité.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2024]

Summary:

The Ethnographic Optic traces the surprising role of ethnography in French cinema in the 1960s and examines its place in several New Wave fictions and cinéma vérité documentaries during the final years of the French colonial empire.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright ©

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Translations

Introduction

1. THE ETHNOGRAPHER'S ALIBI: The Limits of Shared Narration in Jean Rouch's Moi, un Noir

2. "MOI, UN BLANC": Jean Rouch's "Parisian Period," from La pyramide humaine to Petit à Petit

3. MISSED CONNECTION: Paris in Chris Marker's Le joli mai and La jetée

4. SEEING DOUBLE: Algeria and France in Alain Resnais's Muriel

Conclusion

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-253-06960-2

OCLC:

1428901977