{"product_id":"a-companion-to-jean-renoir-alastair-phillips-9781444338539","title":"A Companion to Jean Renoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Companion to Jean Renoir\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An extraordinary collection of essays that more than fulfills the aims of its editors, Alastair Phillips and Ginette Vincendeau. The essays offer exciting, original work from younger scholars as well as long-established authorities, all of which offer invaluable insights into the films, writings, and life of Jean Renoir. Receiving particular attention are questions about the singularity or multiplicity of what the editors call the many 'Renoirs' (French, American, Indian; even transnational), especially from the early 1930s through the early 1960s. Whether mining relatively unexplored archive materials, deploying newly current methodological approaches, interrogating one of a wide range of topics and issues, or engaging in close textual analysis, the contributors construct a tantalizing series of innovative 'road maps' for future researchers to pursue.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Abel, University of Michigan \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Alastair Phillips and Ginette Vincendeau have brought together essays that bring new perspectives to both the best-known and the lesser-known of Renoir's films. Both French cinema specialists and viewers new to Renoir's work will find much of interest in this outstanding collection.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJudith Mayne, Ohio State University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDubbed simply \"the \u003ci\u003ebest\u003c\/i\u003e director\"' by François Truffaut, Jean Renoir is a towering figure in world film history. This exhaustive survey of his work and life features a comprehensive analysis of his films from the multiple critical perspectives of the world's leading Renoir scholars. Renoir's career spanned four decades and four countries and included an extraordinary body of films, some of which - \u003ci\u003eLa Grande illusion\u003c\/i\u003e (1937) and \u003ci\u003eLa Règle du jeu\u003c\/i\u003e (1939) - are universally recognized masterpieces. Fathered by the celebrated painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the filmmaker lived through much of the twentieth century, beginning his career in the silent era and ending it in full Technicolor. His films are notable for their paradoxical combination of strong internal coherence and thematic breadth and diversity, and they provide a rich source for today's scholars of film history and French culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis handbook, the largest volume on Renoir ever produced in the English language, ranges in scope from extreme close-up analysis of individual films to long-shot explorations of his aesthetics and the social and cultural contexts in which he worked. The most ambitious critical study of Renoir to date, this book will appeal to film enthusiasts as much as scholars and specialists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alastair Phillips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1444338536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781444338539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 6.80w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2014\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alastair Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48217362170111,"sku":"9781444338539","price":196.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_72d5c6e9-8405-4d91-8184-b399a89e368a.jpg?v=1771996743","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-companion-to-jean-renoir-alastair-phillips-9781444338539","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}