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Record Nr.

UNINA9910138861703321

Titolo

A companion to François Truffaut [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Dudley Andrew and Anne Gillain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Wiley Blackwell, 2013

ISBN

1-78539-402-9

1-118-32153-7

1-118-32159-6

1-118-32130-8

1-299-15940-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (641 p.)

Collana

Wiley-Blackwell companions to film directors

Altri autori (Persone)

AndrewDudley <1945->

GillainAnne

Disciplina

791.4302/33092

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. La Planète Truffaut -- pt. II. Style and sensibility -- pt. III. The making of a filmmaker -- pt. IV. Truffaut and his time -- pt. V. Films.

Sommario/riassunto

The 34 essays of this collection by leading international scholars reassess Truffaut's impact on cinema as they locate the unique quality of his thematic obsessions and his remarkable narrative techniques.  Almost 30 years after his death, we are presented with strikingly original perspectives on his background, influences, and importance.Bridges a gap in film scholarship with a series of 34 original essays by leading film scholars that assess the lasting impact of Truffaut's work Provides striking new readings of individual films, and new perspectives on Truffaut's background, i