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Criterion Close-Up – Episode 57 – French 1930’s Part 2: Early Jean Renoir

Criterion Close-Up – Episode 57 – French 1930’s Part 2: Early Jean Renoir

Update: 2016-12-23
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Mark and Aaron continue the French 1930s series by exploring the early career of Jean Renoir, easily the most recognizable director from the period. We begin with the beginning, by looking at his origins and childhood. We look at his early silent films, his first sound adaptations, and a couple of films from the middle of the decade where he began to settle into his poetic realist style.




7:00 – Why Renoir?


9:30 – Origins of Renoir


20:00 – Silent Renoir (Catherine, Whirlpool of Fate, Nana, Charleston Parade, The Little Match Girl)


51:30 – Early Sound (On purge bébé, La Chienne, Boudu Saved From Drowning)


1:21:30 – Poetic Realism in Mid-Thirties (Toni, A Day in the Country)



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Episode Credits





Next time on the podcast: Paul Thomas Anderson


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Criterion Close-Up – Episode 57 – French 1930’s Part 2: Early Jean Renoir

Criterion Close-Up – Episode 57 – French 1930’s Part 2: Early Jean Renoir

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