On Episode 220 of Floating Through Film, we're continuing our series picked by Dany, Jean Renoir! On this third week of the series, Dany starts the episode by speaking about the ambiguity of nature in Renoir's cinema (9:43). We then review two of his films produced by American studios, starting with his 1947 film The Woman on the Beach (53:12), followed by his 1951 film The River, which was filmed in India (1:58:12). We hope you enjoy!
Sources mentioned:
- Painting: "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
- "Jean Renoir: The World of his Films" by Leo Braudy
- "Jean Renoir" by Raymond Durgnat
- Renoir Interview with Jacques Rivette and Francois Truffaut (Cahiers du Cinéma No. 34 + 35, April + May 1945)
- TCM's Noir Alley Intro for The Woman on the Beach (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3W_N3JKX0s)
- "On Renoir: Select Commentary" by Jacques Rivette (http://www.dvdbeaver.com/rivette/ok/JRonJR.html)
- "Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye: The Biography of a Master Film-Maker" by Andrew Ro inson
Episode Next Week: Jean Renoir Week 4 (The Golden Coach + The French Cancan)
Music:
- Intro: J.S. Bach's The Well Tempered Clavier: Book I: Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C Major - Sviatoslav Richter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezZdbzreNcs)
- Break: The River
- Outro: The River
Hosts:
Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)
Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)
Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm)
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