On Episode 222 of Floating Through Film, we're conclude our series picked by Dany, Jean Renoir! On this final week of the series, Dany begins the episode by mentioning some important ideas relating to Renoir's approach to film and life (7:50). We then review two films from two different eras of his career, starting with 1932's Night at the Crossroads (42:27), followed by 1959's Experiment in Evil (1:53:54). We hope you enjoy!
Sources mentioned:
- "Boats on the Marne: Jean Renoir's Critique of Modernity" by Prakash Younger
- "Jean Renoir" by Raymond Durgnat
- Renoir Interviewed by Jacques Rivette and Francois Truffaut (Cahiers du Cinéma No. 34 + 35, April + May 1945)
- "Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif" directed by Jacques Rivette
- "Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d’acteur" directed by Jacques Rivette
- "Jean Renoir" by Andre Bazin
- "Jean Renoir, the French Films, 1924-1939" by Alexander Sesonske
- 'Time Overflowing' Rivette Interviewed by Jacques Aumont, Jean-Louis Comolli, Jean Narboni, Sylvie Pierre (Cahiers du Cinema, No. 204, 1968)
- "Directed by Yasujiro Ozu" by Shiguéhiko Hasumi
- "Jean Renoir: The World of his Films" by Leo Braudy
- 'Jean Renoir's Youth' by Eric Rohmer (Cahiers du Cinema No. 102, 1959)
Episode Next Week:
Music:
- Intro: Night at the Crossroads
- Break: Experiment in Evil
- Outro: 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)
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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