Francois Truffaut by David Nicholls
Part of the "Film Directors" series, this book looks at the career - spanning 25 years and 21 feature films - of Francois Truffaut, the most popular French filmmaker worldwide. An introduction places Truffaut's early films in the context of the "New Wave" in French cinema between 1956 and 1974, while showing how his films differed from most movies. A biographical section traces Truffaut's early life, his career as a film critic, the principal influences on his work and the autobiographical aspects of his films and how his idea of filmmaking as both a personal and a collective art is illustrated through his work with his collaborators. Particular attention is given to looking at Truffaut's films in his own terms and to his own judgments on them. The filmography includes plot summaries of all Truffaut's films, selected critical comments, and Truffaut's own opinions on their success or failure.
Nicholls, David: - David Nicholls is Professor of Music at the University of Southampton. Author of American Experimental Music, 1890-1940 (Cambridge, 1990) and editor of The Cambridge History of American Music (Cambridge, 1998) and numerous articles on topics in American music, he has also acted as contributing editor for the reissue of Henry Cowell's New Musical Resources (CUP, 1996) and The Whole World of Music: A Henry Cowell Symposium (1997). He is also editor of the journal American Music.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780713466942 |
| ISBN 10 | 0713466944 |
| Title | Francois Truffaut |
| Author | David Nicholls |
| Series | Film Directors S |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Batsford Ltd |
| Year published | 1993-04-05 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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