Jean Renoir by Raymond Durgnat (Softcover)

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Published by University of California Press, 1974
Softcover, second printing
429 pages
9x6 inches

Book is in Near Fine condition.

“Probably the best on Renoir to have appeared in any language.”—Jonathan Rosenbaum

Raymond Durgnat brings his astonishing visual memory and his individual analytic style to bear on the entire Renoir oeuvre, recreating such little-known achievements as La Nuit du Carrefour, Le Crime de M. Lange, or political works such as La Marseillaise. Witty, articulate, encyclopedic in his knowledge of the French cultural and political scene, Durgnat gives Renoir's films the aesthetic, philosophical, and social analysis their complexity demands.

Published by University of California Press, 1974
Softcover, second printing
429 pages
9x6 inches

Book is in Near Fine condition.

“Probably the best on Renoir to have appeared in any language.”—Jonathan Rosenbaum

Raymond Durgnat brings his astonishing visual memory and his individual analytic style to bear on the entire Renoir oeuvre, recreating such little-known achievements as La Nuit du Carrefour, Le Crime de M. Lange, or political works such as La Marseillaise. Witty, articulate, encyclopedic in his knowledge of the French cultural and political scene, Durgnat gives Renoir's films the aesthetic, philosophical, and social analysis their complexity demands.