Cahiers du cinéma. Vol. 3, 1969-1972 : the politics of representation

Cahiers du Cinema is famous as the critical journal of the French "New Wave." Fran?ois Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Eric Rohmer, Jacques Rivette, and many other major directors wrote for it in the 1950s and '60s. Its early years have understandably received a lot of attention, but, as Nick Browne points out in his introduction to this volume, Cahiers du Cinema published tremendously important articles even after its legendary heyday. The pieces reprinted here, most of them translated into English for the first time, document the changes in French film theory and criticism after the events of May 1968. Between 1969 and 1972, Cahiers du Cinema became a radical Marxist journal. Its contributors interpreted the political ideology of films and filmmaking even as they continued to debate the work of major international directors. Included here are theoretical pieces as well as fresh assessments of films by Sergei Eisenstein, Josef von Sternberg, Luchino Visconti, George Cukor, and many others. 'montage' / Jean Narboni, Sylvie Pierre, Jacques Rivette -- 'cinema And Suture' / Jean-pierre Oudart -- 'cinema/ideology/criticism' / Jean-louis Comolli, Jean Narboni -- 'la Vie Est à Nous : A Militant Film' / Pascal Bonitzer [and Others] -- 'readings Of Jancsó : Yesterday And Today / Jean-pierre Oudart, Jean Narboni, Jean-louis Comolli -- Editorial : 'russia In The 20s (i)' -- 'work, Reading, Pleasure' / Serge Daney, Jean- Pierre Oudart -- 'word-play, Master Play' / Jean-pierre Oudart -- Editorial : 'japanese Cinema (1)' -- 'vicarious Power' / Jean Narboni -- 'film/politics (2) : L'aveu : 15 Propositions / Jean-louis Comolli -- Collective Text : 'josef Von Sternberg's Morocco' -- Collective Editorial Statement (cahiers Du Cinéma, Cinéthique, Tel Quel) : Cinema, Literature, Politics'. 'the Reality Effect' ; 'notes For A Theory Of Representation / Jean-pierre Oudart -- 'technique And Ideology : Camera, Perspective, Depth Of Field' / Jean-louis Comolli -- 'reality Of Denotation / Pascal Bonitzer -- 'the New Babylon : The Commune Metaphor' / Jacques Aumont [and Others] -- 'a Lacking Discourse' / Jean-pierre Oudart -- Cahiers Du Cinéma : 'cinema, Ideology, Politics (for Poretta-terme)' -- 'off-screen Space' / Pascal Bonitzer -- 'the Name Of The Author (on The Place Of Death In Venice)' / Serge Daney, Jean-pierre Oudart -- 're-reading Hollywood Cinema : Sylvia Scarlett' / Pascal Kané -- Editorial : 'politics And Ideological Class Struggle' -- Appendix 1 : Guide To Cahiers Du Cinéma Nos 210-39, March 1969-june 1972, In English Translation. Appendix 2 : Cahiers Du Cinéma In The 1950s, The 1960s, And The Later 1970s. Edited By Nick Browne. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This new volume in this influential series of anthologies covers the vibrant and turbulent period in which the editorial make-up and policy of the journal changed radically, and theory, history and politics dominated critical debate. This volume brings together seminal articles from the years 1969-1972, when Cahiers writers were elaborating a major materialist account of the history, theory, and criticism of cinema. Vol.3. 1969-1972 : The politics of representation / edited by Nick Browne. 1989.