Jean Renoir Libros

Here is the autobiography of the little boy with golden curls in the paintings of his father, Pierre Auguste Renoir—the boy who became the director many consider the greatest in history. François Truffaut called him “an infallible filmmaker . . . Renoir has succeeded in creating the most alive films in the history of cinema, films which still breathe forty years after they were made.” In this book, Jean Renoir(1894-1979)presents his world, from his father’s Montemarte studio to his own travels in Paris, Hollywood, and India. Here are tantalizing secrets about his greatest films—The Rules of the Game, The Grand Illusion, The River, A Day in the Country, La Bête Humaine, Toni. But most of all, Renoir shows us himself: a man if dazzling simplicity, immense creativity, and profound humanity.

In this delightful memoir, Jean Renoir, the director of such masterpieces of cinema as Grand Illusion and The Rules of the Game, tells the life story of his father, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the great Impressionist painter. Recounting Pierre-Auguste's extraordinary career, beginning as a painter of fans and porcelain, recording the rules of thumb by which he worked, and capturing his unpretentious and wonderfully engaging talk and personality, Jean Renoir's book is both a wonderful double portrait of father and son, and in the words of the distinguished art historian John Golding, it "remains the best account of Renoir, and, furthermore, among the most beautiful and moving biographies we have." Includes 12 pages of color plates and 18 pages of black and white images.

Germany claimed the sinking for the submarine U-47, commanded by Lt Gunther Prien. Prien and his crew became instant folk heroes. A few months later, Prien's autobiography, Mein Weg Nach Scapa Flow, was published. This work set down a documented, definitive account of the Royal Oak naval disaster.

Unlikely wizard John B. Stewart and his companions travel to Central Australia, seeking a missing archaeologist. They face a bike gang, snakebite, a recalcitrant camel, and ancient mysteries. Finally they confront a madman who believes human sacrifice will give him the powers of a god - and he may be right. Can John B.'s dubious magic stop him?

Held captive on a small island in Bass Strait, unlikely wizard John B. Stewart faces a fight for his sanity and his very existence. A ruthless Russian scientist wants to tear the wizard's power from his mind, and the life from his body for his own unbelievable purposes. John B.'s friends have to find him before they can save him. Even if they do locate him, there are those who would kill rather than give up their secrets. Some of the mystery of John B.'s past will be revealed as dubious magic confronts the fringes of science.

Der Bericht des Sohnes geht aus von den Gesprächen mit dem Vater. Wir begegnen dem jungen Auguste Renoir mit seiner frühen Leidenschaft für das Zeichnen und Malen, erleben das Wachsen seines künstlerischen Selbstbewußtseins, seine Auseinandersetzung mit der Macht der Konvention, schließlich den Durchbruch der neuen originalen Malerei, die Licht und Schönheit zu unerhörten neuen Gebilden von Farbe und Form befreit. Das Lebensbild ist in einen vielgestaltigen Hintergrund gebettet – die geistig pulsierende Zeit, Frankreich, Paris, die große Oper Gounods, Montmartre in seiner Blütezeit; vor allem aber die Malerfreunde – Sisley, Monet, Degas und andere – und die großen Förderer unter den Kunsthändlern – Vollard, Durand-Ruel, Bernheim – in lebensvollen, oft amüsanten Porträts.

Druhé vydání důvěrných vzpomínek na slavného otce, impresionistického malíře Augusta Renoira. Ve vzpomínkách filmového režiséra Jeana Renoira jsou připomenty významné události, osobnosti a rysy pařížského prostředí minulého století i názory a životní postoje jeho otce.