Film Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Continuity Editing, Andrew Sarris, Aestheticism
29 Apr 2014
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He is the single most influential writer in film studies and is in the words of andrew sarris" as central to film studies as feud is psychology. Although he had predecessors bazin"s uniqueness comes from his willingness to combine rigorous film analysis, militant pedagogical vocation and popularising journalism. Working for travail et culture, he took cinema to factories, trade union halls, and the cine-clubs which he did much to develop, tirelessly commenting and stimulating discussion. Some of his best essays are the result of these activities such as his celebrated analysis of le jour se leve (1939) Authorship ( a pioneering study of orson welles, a defence of chaplin, ,writings on jean. Renoir, and new independent filmmakers such as jean-pierre melville and jacques tati, (which led bazin"s disciples to develop the politique des auteurs) Realism (sparked by an interest in documentary and realism)
