A Short History of Cahiers du Cinema

by Bickerton, Emilie

• ISBN13: 9781844677603
• ISBN10: 1844677605
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-01
• Publisher: VERSO

Summary

Cahiers du Cinéma was the single most influential project in the history of film. Founded in 1951, it was responsible for establishing film as the 'seventh art,' equal to literature, painting or music, and it revolutionized film-making and writing. Its contributors would put their words into action: the likes of Godard, Truffaut, Rivette, Rohmer were to become some of the greatest directors of the age, their films part of the internationally celebrated nouvelle vague. In this authoritative new history, Emilie Bickerton explores the evolution and impact of Cahiers du Cinéma, from its early years, to its late-sixties radicalization, its internationalization, and its response to the television age of the seventies and eighties. Showing how the story of Cahiers continues to resonate with critics, practitioners and the film-going public, A Short History of Cahiers du Cinéma is a testimony to the extraordinary legacy and archive these 'collected pages of a notebook' have provided for the world of cinema.

Author Biography

Emilie Bickerton is a journalist and critic based in Paris. She is also on the editorial board of New Left Review.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
The Crucible	p. 1
The Yellow Years	p. 15
Marble to Modern Chemistry	p. 31
Politicization	p. 51
Red Notebooks	p. 71
The Daney Years	p. 87
The Mainstream	p. 109
After Cahiers	p. 133
Afterword	p. 149
Index of names and films cited	p. 153
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