Eric Rohmer's Film Theory (1948-1953) / Marco Grosoli.

• VerfasserIn: Grosoli, Marco,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, [2017]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018; 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Film theory in media history.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (301 pages).

In the 1950s, a group of critics writing for Cahiers du Cinéma launched one of the most successful and influential trends in the history of film criticism: auteur theory. Though these days it is frequently usually viewed as limited and a bit old-fashioned, a closer inspection of the hundreds of little-read articles by these critics reveals that the movement rested upon a much more layered and intriguing aesthetics of cinema. This book is a first step toward a serious reassessment of the mostly unspoken theoretical and aesthetic premises underlying auteur theory, built around a reconstruction of Eric Rohmer's early but decisive leadership of the group, whereby he laid down the foundations for the eventual emergence of their full-fledged auteurism.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- 1. A Novelistic Art of Space -- 2. Alexandre Astruc: An Early but Decisive Influence -- 3. Under and On the Volcano: Rohmer's Conversion -- 4. The Art of Nature -- 5. Ethics at the Heart of Aesthetics -- 6. After Modernity: Rohmer's Classicism and Universalism -- Conclusion -- About the Author -- Index of Names