Cahiers du Cinéma: 1960-1968

New Wave, New Cinema, Reevaluating Hollywood

Edited by Jim Hillier

    Preface

    Acknowledgments

    Books frequently cited in the text

    Introduction:     Cahiers du Cinema in the 1960s

    Part 1: NEW WAVE/FRENCH CINEMA

    Introduction: Re-thinking and re-making French cinema

    1. Luc Moullet: 'Jean-Luc Godard' (April 1960)

    2. André S. Labarthe: 'The Purest Vision: Les Bonnes Femmes' (June 1960)

    3. André S. Labarthe: 'Marienbad Year Zero' (September 1961)

    4. Jean-Luc Godard: 'From Critic to Film-Maker': Godard in interview (December 1962)

    5. Jean-Louis Comolli, Jean Domarchi, Jean-André Fieschi, Pierre Kast, André S. Labarthe, Claude Ollier, Jacques Rivette, François Weyergans: 'The Misfortunes of Muriel' (November 1963)

    6. Cahiers du Cinema: 'Twenty Years of French Cinema: The Best French Films since the Liberation' (March 1965)

    7. Eric Rohmer: 'The Old and the New': Rohmer in interview with Jean-Claude Biette, Jacques Bontemps, Jean-Louis Comolli (November 1965)

    8. André S. Labarthe: 'Pagnol' (December 1965)

    9. Jean-Louis Comolli: 'Polemic: Lelouch, or the Clear Conscience' (July 1966)

    10. François Truffaut: 'Evolution of the New Wave': Truffaut in interview with Jean-Louis Comolli, Jean Narboni (May 1967)

    PART 2: AMERICAN CINEMA: CELEBRATION

    Introduction: The Apotheosis of mise en scene

    11. Fereydoun Hoveyda: 'Nicholas Ray's Reply: Party Girl' (May 1960)

    12. Michel Mourlet: 'In Defence of Violence' (May 1960)

    13. Fereydoun Hoveyda: 'Sunspots' (August 1960)

    14. Michel Mourlet: 'The Beauty of Knowledge: Joseph Losey' (September 1960)

    15. Jean Douchet: 'Hitch and his Audience' (November 1960)

    16. Jean Douchet: 'A Laboratory Art: Blind Date' (March 1961)

    PART 3: AMERICAN CINEMA: REVALUATION

    Introduction: Re-thinking American Cinema

    17. Claude Chabrol, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Jean-Luc Godard, Pierre Kast, Luc Moullet, Jacques Rivette, François Truffaut: 'Questions about American Cinema: A Discussion' (December 1963-January 1964)

    18. Jean-Louis Comolli: 'The Ironical Howard Hawks' (November 1964)

    19. Claude Oilier: 'A King in New York: King Kong' (May-June 1965)

    20. Jean-Louis Comolli, Jean-André Fieschi, Gérard Guégan, Michel Mardore, Claude Ollier, André Téchiné: 'Twenty Years On: A

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Jim Hillier is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, Bulmershe College of Higher Education, Reading, England.