{"product_id":"silent-renoir-colin-davis-9783030630263","title":"Silent Renoir: Philosophy and the Interpretation of Early Film","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean Renoir (1894-1979) is widely regarded as one of the most distinguished directors in the history of world cinema. In the 1930s he directed a string of films which stretched the formal, intellectual, political and aesthetic boundaries of the art form, including works such as \u003ci\u003eLe Crime de Monsieur Lange\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLa Grande Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLa Bête humaine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLa Règle du jeu\u003c\/i\u003e. However, the great director's early work from the 1920s remains almost completely unknown, even to film specialists. If it is discussed at all, it is often seen to be of interest only insofar as it anticipates themes and techniques perfected in the later masterpieces. Renoir's films of the 1920s were sometimes unfinished, commercially unsuccessful, or unreleased at the time of their production. This book argues that to regard them merely as prefigurations of later achievements entails a failure to view them on their own terms, as searching, unsettled experiments in the meaning and potentialof film art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colin Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030630269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030630263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.44d","brand":"Colin Davis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48089067847935,"sku":"9783030630263","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f5f549ea-36ab-4a2b-97a8-99ec3cddf2f0.jpg?v=1769108015","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/silent-renoir-colin-davis-9783030630263","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}