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Two kinds of artistry.(Film)

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| November 01, 2006 | McDonald, Neil | COPYRIGHT 2006 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

JEAN RENOIR (1894-1979) has a special place in the carts of film critics. He is the only great director--possibly the only director--to have dedicated a masterpiece to the memory of a film critic. To be sure the circumstances were unique. The film was the restoration of Rules of the Game (La Regle du Jeu) and the critic was Andre Bazin. Bazin, mentor and saviour of the young Francois Truffaut, had written with sensitivity and insight on Renoir. Moreover, Bazin had spent his last hours before falling into a final coma watching Renoir's Le Crime de M Lange on television and drafting a short essay. This was included in a collection of Bazin's essays on Renoir edited by ...


    
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