Maurice Pialat
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Description for Maurice Pialat
Paperback. One of the most gifted French directors of the post New Wave, Maurice Pialat is frequently compared to such legendary filmmakers as Jean Renoir and Rebert Bresson. This is the first book-length study of his work in English. Series: French Film Directors. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APFB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 208.
One of the most gifted directors of the post New Wave, Maurice Pialat is frequently compared to such legendary filmmakers as Jean Renoir and Robert Bresson. A quintessentially realist filmmaker, who, like Bresson, was also trained as a painter, Pialat’s particular form of realism influenced an entire generation of young filmmakers in the 1990s.
This volume is the first book-length study of Pialat’s cinema in English. It provides an introduction to a complex and difficult director, who saw himself as a marginal and marginalised filmmaker, but whose films are deeply rooted in French society and culture. Pialat was ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
Series
French Film Directors
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719068232
SKU
V9780719068232
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About Marja Warehime
Marja Warehime is Associate Professor of French at the University of South Carolina. -- .
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