by Jean-Claude Carrière · Ediciones Paidós · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788449303746
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In his first solo book on cinema, Jean-Claude Carrière, one of the most important European screenwriters, presents a lucid and elegant analysis of the evolution of cinematographic language during its first hundred years. Through a meticulous exploration of its vocabulary (camera angles, lighting, the use of actors and sets) and resorting to the most revolutionary directors, Carrière examines the evolution of the public over the years and the way in which cinema itself has tried to adjust to it.
This book, full of fun anecdotes and brilliant insights, is of great use to those who usually spend part of their time in front of a screen, whether for professional reasons or not. It demonstrates how the first hundred years of cinematography have influenced the evolution of our century, providing the reader with a summary of its internal workings.
Jean-Claude Carrière was a French novelist, screenwriter and actor. He received an Academy Award for best short film for co-writing Heureux Anniversaire (1963), and was later given an Honorary Oscar in 2014. He was nominated for the Academy Award three other times for his work in The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), and The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988). He also won a César Award for Best Original Screenplay in The Return of Martin Guerre (1983).
