Description
Bertrand Tavernier (b. 1941) is widely considered to be the leading light in a generation of French filmmakers who launched their careers in the 1970s, in the wake of the New Wave. In just over forty years, he has directed twenty-two feature films in an eclectic range of genres, from intimate family portrait to historical drama and neo-Western. Beginning with his debut feature--L'Horloger de Saint-Paul (1974), which won the prestigious Louis Delluc prize--Tavernier has shown himself to be a public intellectual. Like his films, he is deeply engaged with the pressing issues facing France and the world: the consequences of war, colonialism and its continuing aftermath, the price of heroism, and the power of art. A voracious cinephile, he is immensely knowledgeable about world cinema and American film in particular. Tavernier's roots are in Lyon, the birthplace of the cinema. He founded and presides over the Institut Lumiere, which hosts retrospectives and an annual film festival in the factory where the Lumiere brothers made the first films.
In this collection, containing numerous interviews translated from French and available in English for the first time, he discusses the arc of his career following in the lineage of the Lumiere brothers, in that his goal, like theirs, is to ""show the world to the world.""
It is no surprise, then, that an interview with Tavernier is a treat. Beginning with discussions of his own films, the interviews in this volume cover a vast range of topics. At the core are his thoughts about the ways cinema can inspire the imagination and contribute to the broadest possible public conversation.
About the Author
Lynn A. Higgins, Hanover, New Hampshire, is the Edward Tuck Professor of French Studies at Dartmouth College, USA, where she also teaches film studies, comparative literature, and gender studies. Her books include New Novel, New Wave, New Politics: Fiction and the Representation of History in Postwar France and Bertrand Tavernier.
T. Jefferson Kline, Brookline, Massachusetts, is professor of French at Boston University, USA. He is the author of several books, including Unraveling French Cinema: From L'Atalante to Cache, and he is editor of Agnes Varda: Interviews and coeditor of Bernardo Bertolucci: Interviews.
Book Information
ISBN 9781496807687
Author Lynn A.Higgins
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint University Press of Mississippi
Publisher University Press of Mississippi
Series Conversations with Filmmakers Series
Weight(grams) 500g
In this collection, containing numerous interviews translated from French and available in English for the first time, he discusses the arc of his career following in the lineage of the Lumiere brothers, in that his goal, like theirs, is to ""show the world to the world.""
It is no surprise, then, that an interview with Tavernier is a treat. Beginning with discussions of his own films, the interviews in this volume cover a vast range of topics. At the core are his thoughts about the ways cinema can inspire the imagination and contribute to the broadest possible public conversation.
About the Author
Lynn A. Higgins, Hanover, New Hampshire, is the Edward Tuck Professor of French Studies at Dartmouth College, USA, where she also teaches film studies, comparative literature, and gender studies. Her books include New Novel, New Wave, New Politics: Fiction and the Representation of History in Postwar France and Bertrand Tavernier.
T. Jefferson Kline, Brookline, Massachusetts, is professor of French at Boston University, USA. He is the author of several books, including Unraveling French Cinema: From L'Atalante to Cache, and he is editor of Agnes Varda: Interviews and coeditor of Bernardo Bertolucci: Interviews.
Book Information
ISBN 9781496807687
Author Lynn A.Higgins
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint University Press of Mississippi
Publisher University Press of Mississippi
Series Conversations with Filmmakers Series
Weight(grams) 500g
