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'''André Bazin''' (18 April 1918 – 11 November 1958) was a French film critic and film theorist. Bazin started to write about film in 1943 and was a co-founder of the renowned film magazine ''Cahiers du cinéma'' (1951).
 
'''André Bazin''' (18 April 1918 – 11 November 1958) was a French film critic and film theorist. Bazin started to write about film in 1943 and was a co-founder of the renowned film magazine ''Cahiers du cinéma'' (1951).
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==Works==
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(in French unles noted)
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* ''Qu'est-ce que le cinéma?'', 4 vols., Cerf, 1958-62 (I: ''Ontologie et langage''; II: ''Le cinéma et les autres arts''; III: ''Cinéma et sociologie''; IV: ''Une esthétique de la Réalité: le néo-réalisme''); new ed., Cerf, 2003.
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** ''What is Cinema?'', 2 vol., trans. Hugh Gray, University of California Press, 1967; 2005, [https://archive.org/details/AndreBazinWhatIsCinemaVol.12005 IA/I], [https://archive.org/details/AndreBazinWhatIsCinemaVolume22005 IA/II]. {{en}}
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* ''Jean Renoir, avant-propos de Jean Renoir'', Champ libre, 1971.
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** ''Jean Renoir'', trans. W. W. Halsey II and William H. Simon, London & New York: W.H. Allen, 1974. [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=6585 Log] {{en}}
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* ''Orson Welles'', Cerf, 1972.
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** ''Orson Welles: a critical view'', New York: Harper & Row, 1978. {{en}}
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** ''Orson Welles'', trans. André Telles, Rio de Janeiro: Jorge Zahar, 2005; 2006, [[Media:Bazin_Andre_Orson_Welles_PT.pdf|PDF]]. {{br-pt}}
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* "Chris Marker", ''France-Observateur'', 30 Oct 1958.
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** "Bazin on Marker", trans. Dave Kehr, in Chris Marker, [[Media:Marker_Chris_Around_the_World_with_Chris_Marker_Part_II_Time_Regained.pdf|Around the World with Chris Marker, Part 2: Time Regained]], 2003, pp 44-45. {{en}}
  
 
==Literature==
 
==Literature==
; By Bazin
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* Dudley Andrew, ''What Cinema Is! Bazin’s Quest and its Charge'', Blackwell Manifestos, 2010, [https://archive.org/details/DudleyAndrewWhatCinemaIsBazinsQuestAndItsCharge2010 IA]. {{en}}
* ''Qu'est-ce que le cinéma?'' (in 4 volumes), Éditions du Cerf, 1958-1962 (Vol. I: ''Ontologie et langage'', Vol. II: ''Le cinéma et les autres arts'', Vol. III: ''Cinéma et sociologie'', Vol. IV: ''Une esthétique de la Réalité: le néo-réalisme''). New edition: Les Éditions du CERF, 2003. (French)
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* Bert Cardullo (ed.), ''André Bazin and Italian Neorealism'', London: Continuum, 2011, [https://archive.org/details/BertCardulloAndreBazinAndreBazinAndItalianNeorealism IA]. {{en}}
** [[Media:Andre_Bazin_What_Is_Cinema_Vol._1_2005.pdf|''What is cinema?'']], vol I, trans. Hugh Gray, 2005.
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* Dudley Andrew, Hervé Joubert-Laurencin (eds.), ''Opening Bazin: Postwar Film Theory and Its Afterlife'', Oxford University Press, 2011, [https://archive.org/details/DudleyAndrewWhatCinemaIsBazinsQuestAndItsCharge2010 IA]. {{en}}
** What is cinema?, vol II, trans. Hugh Gray, 2005
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* Mark Durden (ed.), ''Fifty Key Writers on Photography'', Routledge, 2013. {{en}}
* ''Jean Renoir, avant-propos de Jean Renoir'', éditions Champ libre, 1971. (French)
 
** [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=6585 ''André Bazin: Jean Renoir''], trans. W. W. Halsey II and William H. Simon, London & New York: W.H.Allen, 1974.
 
* ''Orson Welles'', Éditions du Cerf, 1972. (French)
 
** [[Media:Bazin_Andre_Orson_Welles_PT.pdf|''Orson Welles'']], trans. Andre Telles, Rio de Janeiro: Jorge Zahar, 2006. (Portuguese)
 
* "Bazin on Marker", trans. Dave Kehr, in Chris Marker, [[Media:Marker_Chris_Around_the_World_with_Chris_Marker_Part_II_Time_Regained.pdf|Around the World with Chris Marker, Part 2: Time Regained]], 2003, pp 44-45. First appeared in French in ''France-Observateur'', 30 October 1958.
 
 
 
; On Bazin
 
* Dudley Andrew, ''What Cinema Is! Bazin’s Quest and its Charge'', Blackwell Manifestos, 2010.
 
* Bert Cardullo (ed.), ''André Bazin and Italian Neorealism'', 2011.
 
* Mark Durden (ed.), ''Fifty Key Writers on Photography'', Routledge, 2013.
 
  
==External links==
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==Links==
 
* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Bazin Bazin on French Wikipedia]
 
* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Bazin Bazin on French Wikipedia]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 23:50, 25 May 2022

Born April 18, 1918(1918-04-18)
Angers, France
Died November 11, 1958(1958-11-11) (aged 40)
Nogent-sur-Marne, France

André Bazin (18 April 1918 – 11 November 1958) was a French film critic and film theorist. Bazin started to write about film in 1943 and was a co-founder of the renowned film magazine Cahiers du cinéma (1951).

Works[edit]

(in French unles noted)

  • Qu'est-ce que le cinéma?, 4 vols., Cerf, 1958-62 (I: Ontologie et langage; II: Le cinéma et les autres arts; III: Cinéma et sociologie; IV: Une esthétique de la Réalité: le néo-réalisme); new ed., Cerf, 2003.
    • What is Cinema?, 2 vol., trans. Hugh Gray, University of California Press, 1967; 2005, IA/I, IA/II. (English)
  • Jean Renoir, avant-propos de Jean Renoir, Champ libre, 1971.
    • Jean Renoir, trans. W. W. Halsey II and William H. Simon, London & New York: W.H. Allen, 1974. Log (English)
  • Orson Welles, Cerf, 1972.
    • Orson Welles: a critical view, New York: Harper & Row, 1978. (English)
    • Orson Welles, trans. André Telles, Rio de Janeiro: Jorge Zahar, 2005; 2006, PDF. (Brazilian Portuguese)

Literature[edit]

  • Dudley Andrew, What Cinema Is! Bazin’s Quest and its Charge, Blackwell Manifestos, 2010, IA. (English)
  • Bert Cardullo (ed.), André Bazin and Italian Neorealism, London: Continuum, 2011, IA. (English)
  • Dudley Andrew, Hervé Joubert-Laurencin (eds.), Opening Bazin: Postwar Film Theory and Its Afterlife, Oxford University Press, 2011, IA. (English)
  • Mark Durden (ed.), Fifty Key Writers on Photography, Routledge, 2013. (English)

Links[edit]