The Bressonians

French Cinema and the Culture of Authorship
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78533-571-6
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

How should we understand film authorship in an era when the idea of the solitary and sovereign auteur has come under attack, with critics proclaiming the death of the author and the end of cinema? The Bressonians provides an answer in the form of a strikingly original study of Bresson and his influence on the work of filmmakers Jean Eustache and Maurice Pialat. Extending the discourse of authorship beyond the idea of a singular visionary, it explores how the imperatives of excellence function within cinema’s pluralistic community. Bresson’s example offered both an artistic legacy and a creative burden within which filmmakers reckoned in different, often arduous, and altogether compelling ways.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morari, Codru¿a

Morari, Codruta

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Einzelne Filmschauspieler, Filmregisseure, Drehbuchautoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. “Il faut un auteur!”: Robert Bresson and the Making of the Author

Chapter 2. An Elusive Style

Chapter 3. Kinsmen

Chapter 4. The Ethics of Duplicity

Chapter 5. Working Artists

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Morari, Codruta
Codruta Morari is Assistant Professor of French and Media Studies at Wellesley College. She holds a doctorate in Film Studies from the University of Paris III – Sorbonne Nouvelle.

Codruta Morari is Assistant Professor of French and Media Studies at Wellesley College. She holds a doctorate in Film Studies from the University of Paris III – Sorbonne Nouvelle.