Jean Renoir: Projections of Paradise - Hardcover

Bergan, Ronald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879515376 ISBN 13: 9780879515379

Publisher: Abrams Press, 1994

Synopsis

Traces the life of the French film director, describes his childhood as the son of the famous painter, and looks at each of his major films

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Review:

So many pyramids of acclaim have been built around Jean Renoir, director of Grand Illusion, The Rules of the Game, and The River, that the man and his films often seem removed and sterile. But Renoir was a real entertainer as well as a major filmmaker; poignancy and comedy were of equal importance to him. Throwing off the shackles of austerity, Ronald Bergen has written an intimate biography of the filmmaker. He recounts the details of Renoir's event-filled life in an easy, fluid style that makes this book easy to devour and hard to put down.

About the Author:

Ronald Bergan, film historian, critic, and lecturer, is a regular contributor to the Guardian. The author of numerous film biographies, including Sergei Eisenstein, and Katharine Hepburn, published by Arcade, he held the chair in film at Florida International University in Miami and lectured at the Sorbonne, the British Institute in Paris, and the University of Lille. He now lives in Prague, where he teaches at the famed FAMU film school.

About this edition

• Publisher: Abrams Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0879515376
• ISBN 13: 9780879515379
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 378