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| − | Noël Burch (1932) is an American film theorist. | + | '''Noël Burch''' (22 January 1932) is an American film theorist. |
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| + | Born in the United States (San Francisco) in 1932, Noël Burch has been living in France since 1951. He graduated from the Institut Des Hautes Etudes Cinèmatographiques in 1954. While primarily known for his theoretical writings, he has always positioned himself as a filmmaker and has directed over twenty titles, mostly documentaries. | ||
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| + | Burch has been publishing since the 1960s. Among his numerous publications are his first and best known book ''Theory of Film Practice'' (New York: Praeger, 1973) and ''To the Distant Observer: Form and Meaning in Japanese Cinema'' (Berkeley, 1979), which remains the most robust history of Japanese cinema written by a Westerner. | ||
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| + | From 1967 to 1972, he collaborated with Janine Bazin and Andrè S. Labarthe for the celebrated series, Cinèastes de Notre Temps, and directed seven programs which are considered to have renewed the “film-maker portrait” in the heroic years of French public television. It was during that same period that Burch was co-founder and director of the Institut de Formation Cinèmatographique, an alternative film school associating theory and practice. [http://www.theforgottenspace.net/static/directors.html (Source)] | ||
==Books== | ==Books== | ||
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| + | [[Image:Burch_Noel_Praxis_du_cinéma_1969.jpg|thumb|350px|''Praxis du cinéma'', 1969]] | ||
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* ''Praxis du cinéma'', Paris: Gallimard, 1969; 1986; 2006. [http://www.cineclubdecaen.com/analyse/livres/burchunepraxisducinema.htm] {{fr}} | * ''Praxis du cinéma'', Paris: Gallimard, 1969; 1986; 2006. [http://www.cineclubdecaen.com/analyse/livres/burchunepraxisducinema.htm] {{fr}} | ||
| − | ** ''Theory of Film Practice'', trans. Helen R. Lane, Praeger Publishers, 1973; Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1981, [[Media:Burch_Noel_Theory_of_film_practice_1981.pdf|PDF]], [http://libgen. | + | ** ''Theory of Film Practice'', trans. Helen R. Lane, intro Annette Michelson, Praeger Publishers, 1973; Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1981, [[Media:Burch_Noel_Theory_of_film_practice_1981.pdf|PDF]], [http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=CD2BC41CD8D2FC3F907CECC08935E1EA PDF], [https://archive.org/details/BurchNoelTheoryOfFilmPractice1981 IA], [http://aaaaarg.fail/static/reader.htm?0=cd2bc41cd8d2fc3f907cecc08935e1ea-0 ARG]. |
| − | ** ''Práxis do cinema'', trans. Nuno Júdice and Cabral Martins, Lisboa: Estampa, 1973, [https://ayrtonbecalle.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/burch-noc3abl-praxis-do-cinema.pdf PDF], [http://libgen. | + | ** ''Práxis do cinema'', trans. Nuno Júdice and Cabral Martins, Lisboa: Estampa, 1973, [https://ayrtonbecalle.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/burch-noc3abl-praxis-do-cinema.pdf PDF], [http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=EDAFFAE029864B7CE71216ADECFA98C6 PDF], [https://archive.org/details/NoelBurchPraxisDoCinemaPerspectiva1973 IA], [http://aaaaarg.fail/static/reader.htm?0=edaffae029864b7ce71216adecfa98c6-0 ARG]. {{pt}} |
* ''Marcel L’Herbier'', Paris: Seghers, 1973. {{fr}} | * ''Marcel L’Herbier'', Paris: Seghers, 1973. {{fr}} | ||
| − | [[Image:Burch_Noel_To_the_distant_observer_form_and_meaning_in_japanese_cinema_1979.jpg|thumb| | + | [[Image:Burch_Noel_To_the_distant_observer_form_and_meaning_in_japanese_cinema_1979.jpg|thumb|350px|''To the Distant Observer: Form and Meaning in the Japanese Cinema'', 1979, [[Media:Burch_Noel_To_the_distant_observer_form_and_meaning_in_japanese_cinema_1979.pdf|PDF]].]] |
| − | * ''To the Distant Observer: Form and Meaning in the Japanese Cinema'', Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979, [[Media:Burch_Noel_To_the_distant_observer_form_and_meaning_in_japanese_cinema_1979.pdf|PDF]], [https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/p/pod/dod-idx/to-the-distant-observer-form-and-meaning-in-the-japanese.pdf?c=cjs;idno=aaq5060.0001.001 PDF], [https://archive.org/details/BurchNoelToTheDistantObserverFormAndMeaningInJapaneseCinema1979 IA], [http://aaaaarg.fail/static/reader.htm?0=28a6aeb88636d4e7c0ef9a1ebf67df94-0 ARG]. [https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cjs/aaq5060.0001.001/--to-the-distant-observer-form-and-meaning-in-the-japanese?view=toc TOC] | + | |
| + | * ''To the Distant Observer: Form and Meaning in the Japanese Cinema'', rev. and ed. Annette Michelson, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979, 387 pp; London: Scolar Press, 1979, 387 pp, [[Media:Burch_Noel_To_the_distant_observer_form_and_meaning_in_japanese_cinema_1979.pdf|PDF]], [https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/p/pod/dod-idx/to-the-distant-observer-form-and-meaning-in-the-japanese.pdf?c=cjs;idno=aaq5060.0001.001 PDF], [https://archive.org/details/BurchNoelToTheDistantObserverFormAndMeaningInJapaneseCinema1979 IA], [http://aaaaarg.fail/static/reader.htm?0=28a6aeb88636d4e7c0ef9a1ebf67df94-0 ARG]. [https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cjs/aaq5060.0001.001/--to-the-distant-observer-form-and-meaning-in-the-japanese?view=toc TOC] [http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8820938?] | ||
* ''Pour un observateur lointain'', Paris: Gallimard/Cahiers du cinéma, 1983. {{fr}} | * ''Pour un observateur lointain'', Paris: Gallimard/Cahiers du cinéma, 1983. {{fr}} | ||
| + | ** ''Life to those shadows'', trans. and edited by Ben Brewster, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1990, 317 pp, [[Media:Burch_Noel_Life_to_Those_Shadows_1990.pdf|PDF]], [http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=B328CF24EE20491FAC20B570A8A0108D PDF], [https://archive.org/details/NolBurchLifeToThoseShadowsUniversityOfCaliforniaPress1990 IA], [http://aaaaarg.fail/thing/596daa0e9ff37c46470021dd ARG]. [https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=acls;cc=acls;view=toc;idno=heb08105.0001.001 TOC] {{en}} | ||
* ''La Lucarne de l’infini. Naissance du langage cinématographique'', Paris: Nathan, 1991. {{fr}} | * ''La Lucarne de l’infini. Naissance du langage cinématographique'', Paris: Nathan, 1991. {{fr}} | ||
* with Geneviève Sellier, ''La Drôle de guerre des sexes du cinéma français: 1930-1956'', intro Michelle Perrot, Paris: Nathan Université, 1996. {{fr}} | * with Geneviève Sellier, ''La Drôle de guerre des sexes du cinéma français: 1930-1956'', intro Michelle Perrot, Paris: Nathan Université, 1996. {{fr}} | ||
| − | ** ''The Battle of the Sexes in French Cinema, 1930-1956'', trans. Peter Graham, Durham and London: Duke University Press Books, 2014, [http://libgen. | + | ** ''The Battle of the Sexes in French Cinema, 1930-1956'', trans. Peter Graham, Durham and London: Duke University Press Books, 2014, [http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=2213CB6FB62FDD857246A8FE3FFD1652 PDF], [http://aaaaarg.fail/thing/58a048a89ff37c253bb6b092 ARG]. |
* ''Revoir Hollywood: la nouvelle critique anglo-américaine'', Paris: Nathan, 1993. {{fr}} | * ''Revoir Hollywood: la nouvelle critique anglo-américaine'', Paris: Nathan, 1993. {{fr}} | ||
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* with Geneviève Sellier, ''L'amour des femmes puissantes: introduction à la viragophilie'', Paris, EPEL, 2015. {{fr}} | * with Geneviève Sellier, ''L'amour des femmes puissantes: introduction à la viragophilie'', Paris, EPEL, 2015. {{fr}} | ||
| − | == | + | ==Articles (selection)== |
| − | * "To the Distant Observer: Towards a Theory of Japanese Film", ''October'' 1, Spring 1976, pp 32-46, [http://aaaaarg.fail/thing/51c58bfe6c3a0eda0bd97d00 ARG]. | + | |
| + | * [https://sci-hub.st/https://www.jstor.org/stable/778505 "To the Distant Observer: Towards a Theory of Japanese Film"], ''October'' 1, Spring 1976, pp 32-46, [http://aaaaarg.fail/thing/51c58bfe6c3a0eda0bd97d00 ARG]. | ||
| − | * with Allan Sekula, "Notes for a Film", ''October'' 100, Spring 2002, pp 83-87, [http://aaaaarg.fail/thing/534c1af1334fe0078921663d ARG]. | + | * with [[Allan Sekula]], [https://sci-hub.st/https://www.jstor.org/stable/779093 "Notes for a Film"], ''October'' 100, Spring 2002, pp 83-87, [https://www.diagonalthoughts.com/?p=2262 HTML], [http://aaaaarg.fail/thing/534c1af1334fe0078921663d ARG]. |
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| − | * https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Burch | + | |
| + | * [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Burch Wikipedia-FR] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:27, 30 March 2023
Noël Burch (22 January 1932) is an American film theorist.
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Born in the United States (San Francisco) in 1932, Noël Burch has been living in France since 1951. He graduated from the Institut Des Hautes Etudes Cinèmatographiques in 1954. While primarily known for his theoretical writings, he has always positioned himself as a filmmaker and has directed over twenty titles, mostly documentaries.
Burch has been publishing since the 1960s. Among his numerous publications are his first and best known book Theory of Film Practice (New York: Praeger, 1973) and To the Distant Observer: Form and Meaning in Japanese Cinema (Berkeley, 1979), which remains the most robust history of Japanese cinema written by a Westerner.
From 1967 to 1972, he collaborated with Janine Bazin and Andrè S. Labarthe for the celebrated series, Cinèastes de Notre Temps, and directed seven programs which are considered to have renewed the “film-maker portrait” in the heroic years of French public television. It was during that same period that Burch was co-founder and director of the Institut de Formation Cinèmatographique, an alternative film school associating theory and practice. (Source)
Books[edit]
- Praxis du cinéma, Paris: Gallimard, 1969; 1986; 2006. [1] (French)
- Marcel L’Herbier, Paris: Seghers, 1973. (French)
To the Distant Observer: Form and Meaning in the Japanese Cinema, 1979, PDF.
- To the Distant Observer: Form and Meaning in the Japanese Cinema, rev. and ed. Annette Michelson, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979, 387 pp; London: Scolar Press, 1979, 387 pp, PDF, PDF, IA, ARG. TOC [2]
- Pour un observateur lointain, Paris: Gallimard/Cahiers du cinéma, 1983. (French)
- La Lucarne de l’infini. Naissance du langage cinématographique, Paris: Nathan, 1991. (French)
- with Geneviève Sellier, La Drôle de guerre des sexes du cinéma français: 1930-1956, intro Michelle Perrot, Paris: Nathan Université, 1996. (French)
- Revoir Hollywood: la nouvelle critique anglo-américaine, Paris: Nathan, 1993. (French)
- De la beauté des latrines: Pour réhabiliter le sens au cinéma et ailleurs, Paris: L’Harmattan, 2007. (French)
- with Geneviève Sellier, Le cinéma au prisme des rapports de sexe, Paris, Vrin, 2009. (French)
- with Geneviève Sellier, Ignorée de tous...sauf du public (quinze ans de fiction télévisée française 1995-2010), Bry-sur-Marne, INA, 2013. (French)
- with Geneviève Sellier, L'amour des femmes puissantes: introduction à la viragophilie, Paris, EPEL, 2015. (French)
Articles (selection)[edit]
- "To the Distant Observer: Towards a Theory of Japanese Film", October 1, Spring 1976, pp 32-46, ARG.
- with Allan Sekula, "Notes for a Film", October 100, Spring 2002, pp 83-87, HTML, ARG.
