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- René Clair was a French director of silent films and talking pictures, whose productions were noted for humour and burlesque and also often for fantasy or surrealism.
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René Clair was a French director of silent films and talking pictures, whose productions were noted for humour and burlesque and also often for fantasy or surrealism. Among his major films were Paris qui dort (1924), Un Chapeau de paille d’Italie (1927), Sous les toits de Paris (1930), Le Million.
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By CLAIR: books—
De fil en aiguille, Paris, 1951. La Princesse de Chine, Paris, 1951. Réflexion faite, Paris, 1951. Reflections on the Cinema, London, 1953. Comédies et commentaires, Paris, 1959. Tout l'or du monde, Paris, 1962. "À nous la liberté" and "Entr'acte," New York, 1970. Four Screenplays, New York, 1970. Cinema Yesterday and Today, New York, 1972. Jeux d'hasard, Paris, 1976.
By CLAIR: articles—
"A Conversation with René Clair," with Bernard Causton, in Sightand Sound(London), Winter 1933. "It Happened Tomorrow," with Dudley Nichols, in Theatre Arts(New York), June 1944. "Television and Cinema," in Sight and Sound(London), January 1951. "René Clair in Moscow," in Sight and Sound(London), Winter 1955/56. "Nothing Is More Artificial than Neo-realism," in Films and Filming(London), June 1957. "Picabia, Satie et la première d'Entr'acte," in L'Avant-Scène duCinéma(Paris), November 1968. "...
On CLAIR: books—
Viazzi, G., René Clair, Milan, 1946. Bourgeois, J., René Clair, Geneva, 1949. Charensol, Georges, and Roger Régent, Un Maître du cinéma: RenéClair, Paris, 1952. Charensol, George, René Clair et Les Belles de nuit, Paris, 1953. De La Roche, Catherine, René Clair, an Index, London, 1958. Mitry, Jean, René Clair, Paris, 1960. Amengual, Barthélemy, René Clair, Paris, 1969. Barrot, Olivier, René Clair; ou, Le Temps mesuré, Renens, 1985. Greene, Naomi, René Clair: A Guide to References and Resource...
René Clair (11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy.
- À Nous la Liberté (1931) “À Nous la Liberté” is a 1931 film directed by René Clair. The film is a satirical comedy about the dehumanizing effects of modern industry and the importance of freedom and human connection.
- Le Million (1931) Le Million is a 1931 French musical comedy film directed by René Clair. Here are three reasons why you should watch Le Million: Classic French cinema: Le Million is a classic of French cinema, and is widely regarded as one of the most important films of the French musical comedy genre.
- The Gates of Paris (1957) “The Gates of Paris” (French title: “Les Portes de la nuit”) is a 1957 French film directed by René Clair. The film is set in Paris in the aftermath of World War II and follows the lives of a group of characters who are struggling to come to terms with the trauma and upheaval of the war.
- And Then There Were None (1945) “And Then There Were None” is a 1945 mystery thriller film based on the novel of the same name by Agatha Christie. The film follows ten strangers who are invited to a remote island mansion by a mysterious host, only to find themselves being murdered one by one in accordance with the lines of a children’s nursery rhyme.
René Clair (born on this date in 1898) is well known as one of the most important figures in film history, from his early triumphs LE MILLION and À NOUS LA LIBERTÉ to his American period which includes THE GHOST GOES WEST and I MARRIED A WITCH and through to his postwar return to France […]
René Clair (11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy.
Aug 24, 2010 · René Clair (1898–1981), a disappointed poet, novelist, and actor, lived and worked on the fringes of the French Surrealist movement in the 1920s. (We included his Entr’acte (1924) in the French Avant-Garde program earlier in the series.)
