André Bazin, the Critic as Thinker

André Bazin, the Critic as Thinker
Author: R. J. Cardullo
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2017-01-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9463008780

"André Bazin (1918–58) is credited with almost single-handedly establishing the study of film as an accepted intellectual pursuit, as well as with being the spiritual father of the French New Wave. Among those who came under his tutelage were four who would go on to become the most renowned directors of the postwar French cinema: François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette, and Claude Chabrol. Bazin can also be considered the principal instigator of the equally influential auteur theory: the idea that, since film is an art form, the director of a movie must be perceived as the chief creator of its unique cinematic style.André Bazin, the Critic as Thinker: American Cinema from Early Chaplin to the Late 1950s contains, for the first time in English in one volume, much if not all of Bazin’s writings on American cinema: on directors such as Orson Welles, Charles Chaplin, Preston Sturges, Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hawks, John Huston, Nicholas Ray, Erich von Stroheim, and Elia Kazan; and on films such as High Noon, Citizen Kane, Rear Window, Limelight, Scarface, Niagara, The Red Badge of Courage, Greed, and Sullivan’s Travels.André Bazin, the Critic as Thinker: American Cinema from Early Chaplin to the Late 1950s also features a sizable scholarly apparatus, including a contextual introduction to Bazin’s life and work, a complete bibliography of Bazin’s writings on American cinema, and credits of the films discussed. This volume thus represents a major contribution to the still growing academic discipline of cinema studies, as well as a testament to the continuing influence of one of the world’s pre-eminent critical thinkers."

Old Dirck's Book

Old Dirck's Book
Author: Raymond William Storm
Publisher:
Total Pages: 426
Release: 1949
Genre:
ISBN:

Ancestry is traced to Dederick Storm who was born ca. 1390 and lived at Wyck, Holland. His descendant, Dirck Storm, son of Dirck Storm and Alida van Cortenbosch, was born in Leyden, South Holland in 1630 and married Maria van Montfoort of Delft in 1655. They came to New York in 1662. He died at Tarrytown in 1716. Descendants lived in New York, New Jersey, and elsewhere.

Portraits by Ingres

Portraits by Ingres
Author: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 610
Release: 1999
Genre: Drawing, French
ISBN: 0870998919

Om portrætter af den franske maler Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867)

The Delaplaine Bea Arthur

The Delaplaine Bea Arthur
Author: Andrew Delaplaine
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2016-09-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781537760629

Here are her most essential quotations culled from as wide a variety of source materials that are available. They have been compiled, edited and carefully selected for inclusion in this book by that well-known Quote Collector, Andrew Delaplaine. The original illustrations are by his sister, Renee. Learn about the lady's wit and wisdom from her very own words.