La Regle du jeu (BFI Film Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (764 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0851709656 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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A great book This is a great book on a great film, very well-organized and well-argued and written passionately by a wonderful writer!
His film criticism includes the books Film as Film (1972) and the volume on Orson Welles’s The Magnificent Ambersons, also in the BFI Film Classics series (1999).. Perkins is Honorary Professor of Film Studies at Warwick University. V.F
He offers a nuanced account that explores its shifting moods, the depth of its themes and the uniqueness of its style. The work of French cinephiles in the 1950s restored Jean Renoir’s work to glory. Exploring characterisation becomes a means to shed light on the subtlety of Renoir’s direction. Perkins follows this cue and frames his analysis as a discussion of four key actors and their roles in the film – Roland Toutain (André), Marcel Dalio (Robert), Nora Gregor (Christine) and Renoir himself as Octave. Since then it has claimed its place among the cinema’s most profound and fascinating achievements. La Règle du jeu is renowned for its construction as an ensemble piece with a large cast of principal characters. . It had been a disaster at its premiere in 1939, just weeks before the outbreak of war. In 1959, a reconstructed print triumphed in its first screening at the Venice Film Festival. Perkins traces the movie’s f
He offers a nuanced account that explores its shifting moods, the depth of its themes and the uniqueness of its style. Since then it has claimed its place among the cinema's most profound and fascinating achievements. It had been a disaster at its premiere in 1939, just weeks before the outbreak of war. " . Exploring characterisation becomes a means to shed light on the subtlety of Renoir's direction. Its failure, Renoir wrote, 'depressed me so much that I made up my mind either to forsake cinema or to leave France.' Before and after i