ric Rohmer: A Biography by Antoine de Baecque (English) Hardcover Book

Description: ric Rohmer by Antoine de Baecque, Noël Herpe, Steven Rendall, Lisa Neal Eric Rohmer set the terms by which people watched, made, and thought about cinema for decades. This exhaustive biography uses personal archives and interviews to enrich our knowledge of Rohmers public achievements and lesser known interests. Despite an austere approach to life, Rohmer had a voracious appetite for art, culture, and intellectual debate captured vividly in this definitive volume. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The director of twenty-five films, including My Night at Mauds (1969), which was nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award, and the editor in chief of Cahiers du cinéma from 1957 to 1963, Éric Rohmer set the terms by which people watched, made, and thought about cinema for decades. Such brilliance does not develop in a vacuum, and Rohmer cultivated a fascinating network of friends, colleagues, and industry contacts that kept his outlook sharp and propelled his work forward. Despite his privacy, he cared deeply about politics, religion, culture, and fostering a public appreciation of the medium he loved.This exhaustive biography uses personal archives and interviews to enrich our knowledge of Rohmers public achievements and lesser known interests and relations. The filmmaker kept in close communication with his contemporaries and competitors: François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol, and Jacques Rivette. He held a paradoxical fascination with royalist politics, the fate of the environment, Catholicism, classical music, and the French nightclub scene, and his films were regularly featured at New York and Los Angeles film festivals. Despite an austere approach to life, Rohmer had a voracious appetite for art, culture, and intellectual debate captured vividly in this definitive volume. Author Biography Antoine de Baecque is a professor of the history of cinema at the University of Nanterre. He has published biographies of Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard and was editor in chief of Cahiers du cinema. Noel Herpe is a senior lecturer at the Universite de Paris VIII. He has published works on Rene Clair and Sacha Guitry, as well as a book of interviews with Eric Rohmer about his text Le Celluloid et le Marbre. Table of Contents The Mysteries of "le grand Momo" 1. Maurice Scherers Youth: 1920-1945 2. From Scherer to Rohmer: 1945-1957 3. Under the Sign of Leo: 1959-1962 4. Under the Sign of Cahiers: 1957-1963 5. The Laboratory Period: 1963-1970 6. Four Moral Tales: 1966-1972 7. On Germany and the Pleasure of Teaching: 1969-1994 8. In Pursuit of Perceval: 1978-1979 9. Six Comedies and Proverbs: 1980-1986 10. The Rohmer of the Cities and the Rohmer of the Countryside: 1973-1995 11. In the Rhythm of the Seasons: 1989-1998 12. Filming History: 1998-2004 13. A Tale of Winter: 2006-2007 14. In Pain: 2001-2010 Notes Index Review Antoine de Baecque and Noel Herpe achieve in this scrupulously researched volume the paradoxical feat of delivering the definitive biography of a pseudonymous subject. Eric Rohmer will interest film historians, theorists of film, enthusiasts of French cinema, and film directors both aspiring and established, for whom Rohmers low-budget modus operandi remains one of the miracles of modern film production. This, the first biography of Rohmer (ne Maurice Scherer), is likely also to be the last. -- Derek Schilling, Johns Hopkins University Rohmer was sensitive, very well educated, and at home with literature, music, painting and theater; the biography shows a happy life lived in such culture. It shows how this flows easily into his films, how they operate as experiments in feeling and perception. The book makes one hungry to see them all over again. -- Dudley Andrew, Yale University One of the most distinguished filmmakers of the French new wave... [de Baecque and Herpe] pull off the high-wire act of appealing to both film scholars and lay readers with a combination of comprehensive research and engaging storytelling. The book will foster a renewed appreciation of a complex artist and the remarkable body of work he left behind. Publishers Weekly (starred review) An essential and ceaselessly enjoyable work of scholarship... The most valuable gift afforded by this biography is the sheer joy of moving through the exacting, meticulous accounts of each stage of Rohmers life and career, painstakingly researched and written as if the authors were striving for the same arresting attention to detail, subtlety, humor, and philosophical weight of his films. -- Dan Sullivan Film Comment Biography of the year for cineasts. Booklist (starred review) Compulsively readable, this volume is a model of scholarship and style that no serious cinephiles library should be without. Library Journal (starred review) [A] superb new biography. -- Richard Brody The New Yorker An intimate, anecdote-filled look at a legend. -- Allen Pierleoni The Sacramento Bee Deeply researched and thoroughly enjoyable. -- James Campbell The Wall Street Journal Comprehensive and definitive... An utterly enthralling read. -- Christopher Schobert The Film Stage An entertaining new biography. -- Pascal Blum Tages-Anzeiger Excellent... definitive... [A] wonderful book. -- Gerald Peary The Arts Fuse A rich and thorough study. -- Chris Fujiwara Cineaste The definitive overview of the directors life. MidCenturyCinema A thorough study of a great director. Highly recommended. Choice No doubt [de Baecque and Herpes] enthralling biography will remain the ultimate text on the life and legacy of Eric Rohmer, just like Rohmer will live on as one of the ultimate figures of cinema. Film International Promotional Eric Rohmer set the terms by which people watched, made, and thought about cinema for decades. This exhaustive biography uses personal archives and interviews to enrich our knowledge of Rohmers public achievements and lesser known interests. Despite an austere approach to life, Rohmer had a voracious appetite for art, culture, and intellectual debate captured vividly in this definitive volume. Prizes Winner of Best Summer Books 2016 Review Quote This book is to be treasured for the huge amount of research undertaken--and tetimonial collected--by the authors. . . . It gives us significant insights into the working methods of a great filmmaker, who in his deceptive simplicity has proved largely intimitable. Details ISBN0231175582 Pages 608 Publisher Columbia University Press Year 2016 ISBN-10 0231175582 ISBN-13 9780231175586 Format Hardcover Imprint Columbia University Press Subtitle A Biography Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Translator Lisa Neal DEWEY 791.430233092 Language English Media Book Illustrations 51 b&w illustrations Short Title ERIC ROHMER Translated from French Publication Date 2016-06-14 UK Release Date 2016-06-14 NZ Release Date 2016-06-14 US Release Date 2016-06-14 Author Lisa Neal Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 2016-06-13 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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