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French Impressionist Cinema: Film Culture, Film Theory, and Film Style (December 1974)

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Title:
French Impressionist Cinema: Film Culture, Film Theory, and Film Style
Date:
December 1974
Publisher:
University of Iowa
Volume:
French Impressionist Cinema: Film Culture, Film Theory, and Film Style (Dissertation, 1974)
Leaf #:
00089
Language:
English
Collection:
Global Cinema
Format:
dissertations
Contributor:
Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Doctoral dissertation entitled, "French Impressionist Cinema: Film Culture, Film Theory, and Film Style," by film scholar David Bordwell. Submitted to the University of Iowa in 1974. Document is scanned from the David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson papers, archived at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research.
Date Added:
May 23, 2024
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76 Galliera exhibits) the dominance of the Impressionist movement in the journals and ciné-clubs: works by Dulac, Epstein, Clair, and Delluc were shown. Also, as noted above, it was at the Exposition des Arts Décoratifs. that Charles Léger founded a major ciné-club. The Exposition catalogue emphasizes its recognition of film as a modern art; L'@écran est entré dans nos moeurs. Le ciné rivalise sans peine avec le théatre, le dancing et le conCOPE lois BG J'onn @ te gensation directe que le fiim frangaise garde tout sa valeur artistique et que l'avenir de cette production ne sera pas indigne de son passé megnifique pour peu qu'elle puisse s'épanouir dans bak oSPhers commerciale qui lui est nécessaire.169 Although the Exposition des Arts Décoratifs was not a great popular success, its acceptance of film as a significant modern art signals a recognition of the point that writers and film-makers had been pressing for several years. Thus the Impressionist activities reinforced an interest in cinema already existing among intellectuals and artists... Utilising the basic interest Already provided by certain artists! exploration of film as a source of aesthetic material and by the popularity of American films, cinema journals solidified tastes and drew attention to Impressionist work. Ciné-clubs made available for viewing and discussion the work praised in the journals.