Renoir on Renoir
Interviews, Essays, and Remarks

This is a 1990 collection of interviews and essays by the legendary filmmaker Jean Renoir.

Jean Renoir (Author), Carol Volk (Translated by)

9780521385930, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 30 March 1990

304 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.45 kg

Renoir on Renoir is a 1990 collection of essays by, and interviews of, the legendary filmmaker Jean Renoir, who created such classics as The Grand Illusion, The River and The Rules of the Game. Renoir's career in cinema, which straddled the transition from silent film to the talkies, has influenced a subsequent generation of filmmakers. Between 1954 and 1967, Renoir was interviewed by such eminent filmmakers and theorists as Jacques Rivette, Francois Truffaut and Jacques Becker. The interviews were originally recorded and published in the distinguished French film review Cahiers du Cinéma, and shown on French television. They are an engaging account of Renoir's deep commitment to his chosen profession. Providing additional information on his ideas and theories on screen writing and directing, Renoir's essays also include lively anecdotes of the genesis and evolution of each of his films. They reveal behind-the-scenes of some of the masterpieces of French cinema.

Foreword to the American edition Henry Breitrose
Preliminary note to the French edition André S. Labarthe
Foreword to the French edition Claude Gauteur and Jean Narboni
Acknowledgements to the French edition
Part I. Interviews in Cahiers du Cinéma: 1. First interview Jacques Rivette and François Truffaut
2. Second interview Jacques Rivette and François Truffaut
3. Third interview: my next films Michel Delahaye and Jean-André Fieschi
4. Fourth interview: the progression of ideas Michel Delahaye and Jean Narboni
Part II. Television Interviews: 5. Jean Renoir talks about his art
6. Jean Renoir the boss, the search for relativity, the rule and its exception
Part III. Remarks: 7. Jean Renoir presents twenty of his films [for television]
8. Hollywood conversations [from Cahiers du cinéma]
Afterword
Filmography
Name index
Title index.

Subject Areas: Films, cinema [APF]