La grande illusion (Jean Renoir, 1937) /

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Main Author: O'Shaughnessy, Martin (Martin P.)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : New York : I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Series:French film guides series.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Contexts. A director and his two careers
  • Cast and creative personnel
  • Historical and political contexts
  • Genesis, evolution, preparation. A long gestation
  • The evolving script-- The plagiarism case
  • The set
  • Analysis. Structure
  • Film style and group dynamics
  • Shooting in deep time
  • Close analysis : form and meaning
  • Misrepresenting the war?
  • Reception. Pre-war triumph
  • Post-war controversy-- Serene mastery?-- Anti-Semitism?
  • Appendix 1. Renoir's films
  • Appendix 2. Cast and creative personnel
  • Appendix 3. The evolving script.