La grande illusion (Jean Renoir, 1937) /

Main Author: O'Shaughnessy, Martin
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : New York : I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Series:Cinβe-Files: the French film guides
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10395697
Table of Contents:
  • Contexts. A director and his two careers
  • Cast and creative personnel
  • Historical and political contexts
  • Genesis, evolution, preparation. A long gestation
  • The evolving script
  • The plagiarism case
  • The set
  • Analysis. Structure
  • Film style and group dynamics
  • Shooting in deep time
  • Close analysis : form and meaning
  • Misrepresenting the war?
  • Reception. Pre-war triumph
  • Post-war controversy
  • Serene mastery?
  • Anti-Semitism?
  • Appendix 1. Renoir's films
  • Appendix 2. Cast and creative personnel
  • Appendix 3. The evolving script.