{"product_id":"cahiers-du-cinma-jim-hillier-9780674090651","title":"Cahiers Du Cin駑a","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the turbulent sixties, the provocative French film journal \u003ci\u003eCahiers du Cin駑a\u003c\/i\u003e was at its most influential and controversial. The first successes of the New Wave by major \u003ci\u003eCahiers\u003c\/i\u003e contributors such as Jean-Luc Godard, Fran輟is Truffaut, Jacques Rivette, Eric Rohmer, and Claude Chabrol focused international attention on the revitalization of French cinema and its relation to film criticism; and in the early 1960s the journal's laudatory critiques of popular American movies were attaining the greatest notoriety. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the lively articles, interviews, and polemical discussions in this volume reveal, the 1960s saw the beginnings of significant new directions in filmmaking and film criticism changes in which the New Wave itself was a major factor. The \u003ci\u003eauteur\u003c\/i\u003e theory that the journal had championed in the 1950s began to be rethought and revalued. At the same time, along with a reassessment of American film, \u003ci\u003eCahiers\u003c\/i\u003e began to embrace new, often oppositional forms of cinema and criticism, culminating in the political and aesthetic radicalism of the ensuing decade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe selections, translated under the supervision of the British Film Institute, are annotated by Jim Hillier, and context is provided in his general introduction and part introductions. For an understanding of the important changes that took place in cinema and film criticism in the 1960s and beyond, this book is essential reading.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Hillier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674090659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674090651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.09w x 1.19d","brand":"Jim Hillier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990253076735,"sku":"9780674090651","price":41.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e9304328-e8a8-4d2e-bb53-57a02b7a282f.jpg?v=1683303833","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cahiers-du-cinma-jim-hillier-9780674090651","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}