Bazinian Realism: Jean Renoir

André Bazin

1918-58

Film critic, c0founder/editor of Cahiers du Cinéma, with Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Lo Duca in 1951.

Andre Bazin
Source (left photo): Sight and Sound

First issue of Cahiers (March 1952), featuring Sunset Boulevard.

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"Martin Scorsese", on The Simpsons, comments on Bazin and auteurism (and mispronounces his name)

The Simpsons on Bazin
Source: "Angry Dad: The Movie," The Simpsons (Season 22 : Ep. 14).

Qu'est-ce que le cinéma? (What is Cinema?)

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Bazin, "Evolution of Film Language"

More Examples of Bazinian realism

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Jean Renoir
1894-1979

Jean Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Impressionist Painter
1841-1919; photographed ca. 1893

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

painting of Jean Renoir
The young Jean Renoir with Gabrielle Renard, circa 1897.

Le Moulin de la galette
"Le Moulin de la galette" (1876)


Last revised: Monday, February 20, 2012 1:54 PM