17. Jean Renoir and Poetic Realism

MIT 21L.011 The Film Experience, Fall 2013
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Instructor: David Thorburn

Parallels between French and American cinema, and French contribution to developing film theory and criticism. Survey Renoir's career and some key associates (Vigo, Bazin). Analyze short clips from Grand Illusion and Boudu Saved From Drowning.

00:00 OCW Intro
00:25 French film: a parallel history
05:23 Jean Renoir (1894-1979)
14:48 Poetic Realism
28:31 Visual style as moral realism: Grand Illusion and Boudu Saved from Drowning

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