André Bazin
French film critic (1918–1958) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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André Bazin (French: [bazɛ̃]; 18 April 1918 – 11 November 1958) was a renowned and influential French film critic and film theorist. He started to write about film in 1943 and was a co-founder of the renowned film magazine Cahiers du cinéma in 1951, with Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Joseph-Marie Lo Duca.
André Bazin | |
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Born | (1918-04-18)18 April 1918 |
Died | 11 November 1958(1958-11-11) (aged 40) Nogent-sur-Marne, France |
Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure de Saint-Cloud |
Occupation(s) | Film critic, film theorist |
He is notable for arguing that realism is the most important function of cinema.[1] His call for objective reality, deep focus, and lack of montage[2] are linked to his belief that the interpretation of a film or scene should be left to the spectator. This placed him in opposition to film theory of the 1920s and 1930s, which emphasized how the cinema could manipulate reality.