The critical studies in the history of French cinema Thiher, Allen 1941- creator text bibliography msu Columbia University of Missouri Press 1979 monographic eng

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vi, 216 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. [1.] The avant-garde: The impressionist avant-garde -- Surrealism's enduring bite: Un Chien andalou -- The surrealist film: Man Ray and the limits of metaphor -- Le Sang d'un Poéte: film as orphism -- [2.] In the wake of surrealism: From Entr'acte to a Nous la Liberté: René Clair and the order of farce -- Vigo's Zéro de conduite: surrealism and the myth of childhood -- [3.] Film and society: Jean Renoir and the mimesis of history -- Prévert and Carné's Le Jour se lève: proletarian tragedy -- [4.] Existentialist moment: Bresson's Un condamné à mort: the semiotics of grace -- The existential play in Truffaut's early films -- [5.] Postmodernism: L'Année dernière a Marienbad: the narration of narration -- Postmodern dilemmas: Godard's Alphaville and Deux ou trois choses que je sias d'elle -- Afterword: Is film a language? Allen Thiher. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 207-214. Motion pictures France Películas cinematográficas Francia Motion picture plays, French History and criticism Obras cinematográficas Francia PN 1993.5 T439c 1979 791.43 0826202772 790201 20231122155450.0 127011 spa