Masterworks of the French cinema : The Italian straw hat, La grande illusion, La ronde, The wages of fear
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Masterworks of the French cinema : The Italian straw hat, La grande illusion, La ronde, The wages of fear
Faber, 1988
- Other Title
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Un chapeau de paille d'Italie
La grande illusion
La ronde
La salaire de la peur
Der Reigen
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Note
Originally published: London : Lorrimer, 1974
"La ronde" from the play "Der Reigen" by Arthur Schnitzler
Contents of Works
- The Italian straw hat / [senario by René Clair ; from the play by Eugène Labiche]
- Grand illusion / [senario, adaptation and dialogue by Charles Spaak and Jean Renoir]
- La ronde / [scenario by Jacques Natanson and Max Ophuls]
- The wages of fear / [scenario and dialogue by H.-G. Clouzot and J. Géronimi]
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book includes four screenplays by four of France's leading film directors, illustrating the development of French film-making from the silent era to the birth of the new wave movement in the late 1950s. Two comedies and two tragedies; Rene Clair's "The Italian Straw Hat" (1928) and Max Ophuls' "La Ronde" (1950) are domestic, and explore the dynamics of sex, while Jean Renoir's "La Grande Illusion" (1937) and Henri-Georges Clouzot's "The Wages of Fear" (1953) are studies of human courage and endeavour. This book also includes additional commentary by Jean Renoir, Erich von Stroheim and Karel Reisz.
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