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Title

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

Author

Bazin, André, 1918-1958

Publication

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014.

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Details

Additional Authors

Cardullo, Bert

Description

xx, 337 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Uniform Title

Essays. Selections. English

Alternative Title

Essays.

Subject

• Motion pictures
• Motion pictures > Reviews

Genre/Form

Reviews.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-299), filmography (pages 301-328), 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.

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).

Call Number

MFL 15-876

ISBN

• 9780292759367
• 0292759363

LCCN

2014001235

OCLC

871965317

Author

Bazin, André, 1918-1958, author.

Title

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

Publisher

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-299), filmography (pages 301-328), 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.

Language

Translated from the French.

Added Author

Cardullo, Bert, editor, translator.

Sudoc No.

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Research Call Number

MFL 15-876