Let's celebrate the father of the French New Wave, Francois Truffaut. This great cinematic volume provides a chronological journey through Truffaut's entire oeuvre, revealing the fascinating stories and cinematic concepts behind some of the best-loved French films of the mid-20th century.
Traces Francois Truffaut's career and includes images drawn from his archives. This book features an introduction to the director and coverage of the films he directed and a chronology, filmography, and bibliography.
From The 400 Blows to Jules and Jim to The Last Metro, Frangois Truffaut (1932-1984) practically defined the French cinema of his era and was one of the founders of the New Wave which took the industry by storm in the late 1950s. His endlessly touching and romantic films -- always tinged by a touch of reflective sadness -- made him one of France's favorite and most successful directors. This book traces Truffaut's career and includes rare images drawn from his archives.
Religion, politics and the past in post-revolutionary England
Eighteenth-century English history is framed as a continuation of the nation's long Reformation, highlighting its profound impact on societal and political changes. The narrative explores how the Reformation is perceived to have instigated two significant and violent revolutions in the seventeenth century, emphasizing the enduring consequences of religious and ideological shifts on England's development during this period.
Reformation without end conceives of eighteenth-century English history as a late chapter in the nation's long Reformation. Contemporaries thought that the Reformation had caused two bloody seventeenth-century English revolutions. -- .
Présentation de la carrière du cinéaste français qui est l'un des fondateurs de la Nouvelle Vague.