Cahiers du Cinéma (Collection of 23 bound volumes of the French film journal, 1951-1972)

[Cahiers du Cinéma] [French cinema]

Edité par Cahiers du Cinéma, Paris, 1972

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Collection of 21 custom bound volumes, presenting issues of the French film journal "Cahiers du Cinéma" released between 1951 and 1972, along with two bound indexes for issues No. 1 through 159. Text and titles in French. The first volume begins with issue No. 1 (April, 1951), and the final volume ends with issue No. 240 (July-August, 1972). "Cahiers du Cinéma" was founded in 1951 by André Bazin, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, and Joseph-Marie Lo Duca, with writers including Jacques Rivette, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol, and François Truffaut. In the mid-1950s dissent began to foment between the journal's editors and its writers, the latter group led by Truffaut, who published an inflammatory article in January of 1954, denouncing the lack of creativity in French filmmaking and advocating for the "policy of the authors" the origins of auteur theory. Founders Bazin and Lo Duca subsequently yielded editorial control of the journal to Doniol-Valcroze and Éric Rohmer, resulting in a significantly changed format, with a focus on directors deemed "auteurs." Rohmer would assume position as the journal's head editor in 1958, but by 1963 would be forced out by Godard, Chabrol, Rivette, and others, largely due to Rohmer's refusal to shift the journal's focus from Hollywood to the films of the French New Wave (i.e., their own films). Now led by Rivette, "Cahiers" tied its flag more openly to the political left, and increasingly ignored Hollywood films in favor of avant-garde and experimental filmmakers. By the mid-1970s, a review of "Jaws" (1975) marked the journal's return to more mainstream film criticism. In 1998 the journal would be acquired by press group Le Monde, and was heavily redesigned the following year, with significantly broadened focus on all visual arts. The journal remains in operation today under private ownership, and continues to gain renown for its annual "top ten" film lists. 17 volumes bound in full green cloth with leather spine labels (representing years 1951-1964 and 1971-1972, and the two indexes), and six bound in burgundy cloth and quarter leather (representing years 1964-1970). Bindings generally Very Good to Very Good plus, moderately worn, with light foxing and fading on the cloth. Contents generally clean and about Near Fine. Shipping billed at cost due to quantity and weight.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Cahiers du Cinéma (Collection of 23 bound volumes of the French film journal, 1951-1972)
• Éditeur: Cahiers du Cinéma, Paris
• Date de parution: 1972
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • French Cinema
  • French Interest
  • Periodicals
  • Film Criticism
  • Magazine