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A penetrating and illuminating series of essays that looks at some of the most distinctive directors in world cinema. Sam Rohdie is one of the most distinguished film scholars currently writing. He moves from the very well known – Hitchcock, Truffaut, Visconti, Welles – to those that he feels need more attention – Painlevé, Vigo and Franju.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Louis Feuillade
2. Jean Painlevé
3. Jean Vigo
4. Georges Franju
5. Jacques Tati
6. Raymond Depardon
7. Alfred Hitchcock
8. Jacques Rivette
9. Jean-Luc Godard
10. Orson Welles
11. Anthony Mann
12. Luchino Visconti
13. François Truffat
14. John Ford
Bibliography
Index

Intersections Writings on Cinema Cinema

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719086922, 978-0719086922
      ISBN10: 0719086922

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A penetrating and illuminating series of essays that looks at some of the most distinctive directors in world cinema. Sam Rohdie is one of the most distinguished film scholars currently writing. He moves from the very well known – Hitchcock, Truffaut, Visconti, Welles – to those that he feels need more attention – Painlevé, Vigo and Franju.

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      1. Louis Feuillade
      2. Jean Painlevé
      3. Jean Vigo
      4. Georges Franju
      5. Jacques Tati
      6. Raymond Depardon
      7. Alfred Hitchcock
      8. Jacques Rivette
      9. Jean-Luc Godard
      10. Orson Welles
      11. Anthony Mann
      12. Luchino Visconti
      13. François Truffat
      14. John Ford
      Bibliography
      Index

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