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Since the 1950s Eric Rohmer has been one of the major presences in French cinema as critic and director. This book is a sophisticated engagement with his work in which Keith Tester argues that Rohmer is not the naIve realist he is often claimed to be. Instead, his films are revealed as a sustained e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tester, Keith (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Subjects:
Cultural and Media Studies.
Directing.
Film History.
Film and Television Studies.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Motion pictures and television.
Motion pictures > History.
Motion pictures > Production and direction.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Since the 1950s Eric Rohmer has been one of the major presences in French cinema as critic and director. This book is a sophisticated engagement with his work in which Keith Tester argues that Rohmer is not the naIve realist he is often claimed to be. Instead, his films are revealed as a sustained exercise in Catholic theology.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VI, 175 pages)
ISBN:9780230582040
DOI:10.1057/9780230582040