André Bazin (1918-1958) was a film critic for Le Parisien Libéré, the founder and editor of Cahiers du Cinéma, and director of cultural services at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinématiques. Considered a father figure by the filmmakers of the "new wave" of French cinema, he wrote dozens of important theoretical and critical essays on film, which are collected in the two volumes of What Is Cinema?

• * Introduction by Franois Truffaut * Andr Bazins Little Beret by Jean Renoir Part One * The Silent Films * The First Talking Films * The Era of the Popular Front * The War Approaches * The French Renoir * Renoir in Hollywood * Renoir Returns * A Pure Masterpiece: The River * Renoir and the Theater * Renoirs Third Period Part Two * Memories by Jean Renoir * The First Version of The Crime of M. Lange * An Early Treatment of Grand Illusion * Before The Rules of the Game: An Interview with Jean Renoir * An Early Scenario for The Rules of the Game

André Bazin (1918-1958) was a film critic for Le Parisien Libéré, the founder and editor of Cahiers du Cinéma, and director of cultural services at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinématiques. Considered a father figure by the filmmakers of the "new wave" of French cinema, he wrote dozens of important theoretical and critical essays on film, which are collected in the two volumes of What Is Cinema?

• * Introduction by Franois Truffaut * Andr Bazins Little Beret by Jean Renoir Part One * The Silent Films * The First Talking Films * The Era of the Popular Front * The War Approaches * The French Renoir * Renoir in Hollywood * Renoir Returns * A Pure Masterpiece: The River * Renoir and the Theater * Renoirs Third Period Part Two * Memories by Jean Renoir * The First Version of The Crime of M. Lange * An Early Treatment of Grand Illusion * Before The Rules of the Game: An Interview with Jean Renoir * An Early Scenario for The Rules of the Game

André Bazin (1918-1958) was a film critic for Le Parisien Libéré, the founder and editor of Cahiers du Cinéma, and director of cultural services at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinématiques. Considered a father figure by the filmmakers of the "new wave" of French cinema, he wrote dozens of important theoretical and critical essays on film, which are collected in the two volumes of What Is Cinema?

• * Introduction by Franois Truffaut * Andr Bazins Little Beret by Jean Renoir Part One * The Silent Films * The First Talking Films * The Era of the Popular Front * The War Approaches * The French Renoir * Renoir in Hollywood * Renoir Returns * A Pure Masterpiece: The River * Renoir and the Theater * Renoirs Third Period Part Two * Memories by Jean Renoir * The First Version of The Crime of M. Lange * An Early Treatment of Grand Illusion * Before The Rules of the Game: An Interview with Jean Renoir * An Early Scenario for The Rules of the Game