Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 495 pages : illustrations, portraits. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-481) and index.Filmography: pages 437-444. Contents: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Fortune and Critics' Eyes -- PART I. The Novice -- CHAPTER 1. Intimations of Eden -- CHAPTER 2. Monsieur Feyder's Prot�g� -- CHAPTER 3. Carn� and Jacques Pr�vert -- CHAPTER 4. Framing an Identity -- PART II. The Young Master -- CHAPTER 5. The Popular Front -- CHAPTER 6. Poetic Realism -- CHAPTER 7. ""Atmosphere, Atmosphere"" -- CHAPTER 8. Strange Defeat -- PART III. The Monumentmaker -- CHAPTER 9. The Occupation -- CHAPTER 10. The Design of Children of Paradise -- CHAPTER 11. Politics and Theater in Children of Paradise -- CHAPTER 12. Androgyny, Masochism, and Children of Paradise -- CHAPTER 13. Primal Scenes from Children of Paradise -- PART IV. The Outsider -- CHAPTER 14. In the Afterglow of Triumph -- CHAPTER 15. Carn� sans Pr�vert -- CHAPTER 16. Carn� and the New Wave -- CHAPTER 17. Persistence of Vision -- Epilogue: A Filmmaker of Sadness -- Filmography. Bibliographical Note. Notes. Credits. Index -- Filmography -- Bibliographical Note -- Notes -- Credits -- IndexSubjects: Carn�, MarcelMotion picture producers and directors France.Motion picture producers and directors France ; Biography. Motion pictures Production and direction.Film direction. Motion pictures, French. Cinema film producers and directors France Biography.Producteurs et r�alisateurs de cin�ma France ; Biographies. Motion picture producers and directors.Motion picture producers and directors France ; Biography. Motion picture producers and directors France BiographyMotion pictures France History. Motion picture producers and directors.�ffentliche Darbietungen, Film, Rundfunk.Drama, Theater. Literary Studies. Producteurs et r�alisateurs de cin�ma France ; Biographies.Biography. Film producers and directors France ; Biography. �ffentliche Darbietungen, Film, Rundfunk. Producers and directors France ; Biography. Motion picture producers and directors France ; BiographyMotion pictures FranceFrance. France. French cinema films Directing Carne, Marcel French cinema films Directing Carn�, Marcel Biographies. Cinema Films (Motion pictures) DirectingFrench cinema films Directing Carn�, Marcel

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Bookseller: MW Books Ltd. (IE)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 386235
Title: Child of paradise : Marcel Carn� and the golden age of French cinema / Edward Baron Turk
Author: Turk, Edward Baron
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0674114604
ISBN 13: 9780674114609
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge, Ma
Date Published: 1989

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