Jean Renoir: A Biography

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Synopsis
Originally published in France in 2012, Pascal Mérigeau's definitive biography of legendary film director Jean Renoir is a landmark work-the winner of a Prix Goncourt, France's top literary achievement. Now available in the English language for the first time, Jean Renoir: A Biography, is the definitive study of one of the most fascinating and creative artistic figures of the twentieth century.The life of the French filmmaker is divided between his native France and California, where he lived from 1941 until his death in 1979. Renoir was both an eyewitness and active player of his times: he was wounded in 1915 during World War I; became a director out of a love for film; attached his fortunes to the Communist Party in 1936; was hosted by Fascist Italy in 1940; and then went to Hollywood to make films and become an American citizen. He made movies in France, America, India, and Italy and became a writer during the last part of his life.An estimated 75 percent of the book details previously unknown information about the filmmaker, including:-Renoir's close affiliation with Communism in the '30s, when he was the Party's official director-His previously uncredited Hollywood film, The Amazing Mrs. Holiday-His desire to become an "American director” and appeal to American audiencesDrawing from unpublished or little-known sources and featuring previously unpublished photos, this biography is a completely fresh look at the maker of Grand Illusion and The Rules of the Game, redefining the very function of the movie director and recounting the history of a century.
Copyright:
2016

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
1,104 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780762456086
Related ISBNs:
9780762455966
Publisher:
Running Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Pascal M
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Entertainment, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Foreword by:
Martin Scorsese
Translator:
Bruce Benderson

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