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| Named Person: | Alfred Hitchcock; Orson Welles; Jean Renoir; Alfred Hitchcock; Orson Welles; Jean Renoir; Alfred Hitchcock; Orson Welles; Jean Renoir; Jean Renoir; Alfred Hitchcock; Orson Welles |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Irving Singer |
| ISBN: | 0262195011 9780262195010 |
| OCLC Number: | 53324913 |
| Description: | x, 279 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Some preliminary remarks -- Alfred Hitchcock -- Orson Welles -- Jean Renoir -- A family portrait. |
| Responsibility: | Irving Singer. |
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"It is a lively pleasure to read Irving Singer's concrete and minutely attentive discussions of certain great films, and it is a privilege to follow him as he converses with the written or recorded words of three great directors, deriving from each a distinctive vision of reality."--Richard Wilbur, United States poet laureate, 1987-1988 "Irving Singer's Three Philosophical Filmmakers is the kind of book which rarely gets written any more. Singer pushes aside the encrusted secondary literature which surrounds Hitchcock, Welles, and Renoir to engage with their works from a loving and knowing perspective. In the course of the book, he gives us a deeper appreciation of how these three men thought about and through the cinema. Some of what he has to say is certainly debatable--and that is part of this book's pleasure--because it comes from a lifetime of filmgoing rather than speaking through the borrowed authority of some theoretical grand master. Singer writes with an analytic eye and a conversational tone, showing how we must bring our minds and our hearts to bear on art that matters." Henry Jenkins, Director of the Comparative Media Studies, MIT Read more...
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- Hitchcock, Alfred, -- 1899-1980 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Welles, Orson, -- 1915-1985 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Renoir, Jean, -- 1894-1979 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Films.
- Filmregie.
- Filosofische aspecten.
- Hitchcock, Alfred, -- 1899-1980 -- Critique et interprétation.
- Welles, Orson, -- 1915-1985 -- Critique et interprétation.
- Renoir, Jean, -- 1894-1979 -- Critique et interprétation.
- Hitchcock, Alfred, -- 1899-1980.
- Welles, Orson, -- 1915-1985.
- Renoir, Jean, -- 1894-1979.
- Cinéma.
- Réalisateur de cinéma.
- Philosophie.
- Renoir, Jean.
- Hitchcock, Alfred.
- Welles, Orson.
- Film.
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