Renoir on Renoir is a 1990 collection of essays by, and interviews of, the legendary filmmaker Jean Renoir, who created such classics as The Grand Illusion, The River and The Rules of the Game. Renoir's career in cinema, which straddled the transition from silent film to the talkies, has influenced [...]
In this memoir, Jean Renoir, the director of Grand Illusion and The Rules of the Game, casts an eye on the life and times of his father Auguste Renoir, the great impressionist painter. This double portrait of father and son is, in the words of art historian John Golding, not only "the best account o[...]
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) mullisti muiden impressionistien kanssa länsimaisen maalaustaiteen vuosisadan vaihteessa. Taiteilijamestarin työt olivat loppumatonta ylistystä valolle, värille ja elämän kauneudelle. Jean Renoir (1894-1979) nousi kuuluisan isänsä varjosta yhdeksi elokuvahis[...]
Here is the autobiography of the little boy with golden curls in the paintings of his father, Pierre Auguste Renoirthe boy who became the director many consider the greatest in history. Franois Truffaut called him an infallible filmmaker ...Renoir has succeeded in creating the most alive films in t[...]
This classic in the literature of cinema represents the convergence of the three leading figures of French film: Jean Renoir, universally considered the greatest French director; Andr Bazin, the outstanding French film critic and theorist; and Franois Truffaut, the pioneer of la nouvelle vague. Baz[...]
Accessible and original analysis of all Jean Renoir's sound films, including those he made in Hollywood - this is the first major study to appear for a number of years and brings new light on some of the director's most celebrated films. Illuminating account of critical debates concerning Renoir, an[...]
Originally published in France in 2012, Pascal Merigeau's definitive biography of legendary film director Jean Renoir is a landmark work--the winner of a Prix Goncourt, France's top literary achievement. Now available in the English language for the first time, Jean Renoir: A Biography, is the defin[...]
Francois Truffaut called him, simply, 'the best'. Jean Renoir is a towering figure in world cinema and fully justifies this monumental survey that includes contributions from leading international film scholars and comprehensively analyzes Renoir's life and career from numerous critical perspectives[...]
Now back in print, the definitive biography of a seminal figure in film history, whom Orson Welles called the greatest of all directors.
Jean Renoir s career almost spans the history years of cinemafrom the early silent movies, to the naturalism of the talkies, committed cinema, film noir, Holly[...]