Reseña del libro "A Companion To François Truffaut"
Although The New Wave, One Of The Most Influential Aesthetic Revolutions In The History Of Cinema, Might Not Have Existed Without Him, François Truffaut Has Largely Been Ignored By Film Scholars Since His Death Almost Thirty Years Ago. As An Innovative Theoretician, An Influential Critic And A Celebrated Filmmaker, Truffaut Formulated, Disseminated And Illustrated The Ideals Of The New Wave With Exceptional Energy And Distinction. Yet No Book In Recent Years Has Focused On Truffauts Value, And His Overall Contribution To Cinema Deserves To Be Redefined Not Only To Reinstate Him In His Proper Place But To Let Us Rethink How Cinema Developed During His Lifetime. In This New Companion, 34 Original Essays By Leading Film Scholars Offer New Readings Of Individual Films, And Original Perspectives On The Filmmakers Background, Influences, And Consequence. Hugely Influential Around The Globe, Truffaut Is Assessed By International Contributors Who Delve Into The Unique Quality Of His Narratives And Establish The Depth Of His Distinctively Styled Work. An Extended Interview With French Filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin Concerning Truffauts Shifting Stature In French Film Culture, And His Manner Of Thought And Work As A Director, Adds An Irreplaceable Perspective To This Essential Volume. Acknowledgments Viii Notes On Contributors Ix Preface Xv Filmography Xxiii Part I La Planète Truffaut 1 1. Interview With Arnaud Desplechin, Part I: Truffaut And His Position 3Anne Gillain And Dudley Andrew 2. Truffaut And His Doubles 23Martin Lefebvre 3. Aesthetic Affinities: François Truffaut, Patrick Modiano, Douglas Sirk 71Anne Gillain 4. Interview With Arnaud Desplechin, Part Ii: Truffaut And His Methods 105Anne Gillain And Dudley Andrew Part Ii Style And Sensibility 125 5. Flashes Of Happiness 127Alain Bergala 6. Truffaut And The Photographic: Cinema, Fetishism, Death 137Junji Hori 7. The Impasse Of Intimacy: Romance And Tragedy In Truffauts Cinema 153John Orr 8. A Fine Madness: Digressions On Pathologies In Truffauts Films 173Francis Vanoye 9. The Ecstatic Pan 184Phil Powrie 10. The Untimely Moment And The Correct Distance 205Adrian Martin Part Iii The Making Of A Filmmaker 219 11. Every Teacher Needs A Truant: Bazin And Lenfant Sauvage 221Dudley Andrew 12. Certain Tendencies Of Truffauts Film Criticism 242Richard Neupert 13. Truffaut - Hitchcock 265Jonathan Everett Haynes 14. The Paradox Of Familiarity: Truffaut, Heir Of Renoir 283Ludovic Cortade 15. Cain And Abel: Godard And Truffaut 300Michel Marie 16. Friction, Failure, And Fire: Truffaut As Adaptive Auteur 317Timothy Corrigan Part Iv Truffaut And His Time 333 17. Growing Up With The French New Wave 335James Tweedie 18. Bad Objects: Truffauts Radicalism 356Sam Di Iorio 19. Between Renoir And Hitchcock: The Paradox Of Truffauts Women 375Ginette Vincendeau 20. Truffaut In The Mirror Of Japan 388Kan Nozaki Part V Films 401 21. Directing Children: The Double Meaning Of Self - Consciousness 403Angela Dalle Vacche 22. Jules Et Jim Et Walter Benjamin 420Dudley Andrew 23. Digging Up The Past: Jules Et Jim 434Elizabeth Ezra 24. The Elevator And The Telephone: On Urgency In La Peau Douce 448Michel Chion 25. La Peau Douce: A Psychogeography Of Silky Cinephilia 454Tom Conley 26. La Peau Douce: François Truffauts Passionate Object 469Hilary Radner 27. An Unsettling Passage: From Les Deux Anglaises Et Le Continent To La Chambre Verte 489Carlos Losilla 28. The Structural Role Of Intervals In Largent De Poche 507Alain Bergala 29. To Die Or To Love: Modern Don Juans In Truffaut And Oliveira 517Luiza Jatobá 30. Film As Literature: Or The Truffaldian Malaise (Lhomme Qui Aimait Les Femmes) 530Lúcia Nagib 31. The Elegist: François Truffaut Inside La Chambre Verte 546Philip Watts 32. La Chambre Verte And The Beating Heart Of Truffauts Oeuvre 561Françoise Zamour 33. Le Dernier Métro: An Underground Golden Coach 571Jean - Michel Frodon 34. Disillusionment And Magic In La Nuit Américaine And Le Dernier Métro 584Marc Vernet Index 594
