Éric Rohmer (1920–2010)
Author of Six Moral Tales
About the Author
The French filmmaker and writer Eric Rohmer began as an editor of the influential film journal Les Cahiers du Cinema. His first feature film was The Sign of the Lion (1959). Considered one of the important New Wave directors, Rohmer is best known for a group of films he calls Six Moral Tales. Each show more examines the dilemma of a man who is on the brink of committing himself to one woman but discovers he is greatly attracted to another woman; in each film, the man returns to his original choice, who is his moral ideal. Though these works contain a great deal of dialogue, they retain their visual allure. The final three in the group---My Night at Maud's (1968), Claire's Knee (1970), and Chloe in the Afternoon (1972)---won Rohmer an international reputation. His recent works include a new cycle of films based on each of the four seasons. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Eric Rohmer à la cinémathèque française.
Series
Works by Éric Rohmer
Le Signe du Lion [1959 film] — Director — 6 copies
Eric Rohmer 100 - Comedies and Proverbs [Blu-ray] — Director — 3 copies
Le celluloïd et le marbre : Suivi d'un entretien inédit avec Noël Herpe et Philippe Fauvel (2010) 3 copies
Nadja à Paris 1 copy
Une étudiante d'aujourd'hui 1 copy
Véronique et son cancre 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Rohmer, Éric
- Legal name
- Scherer, Jean-Marie Maurice
- Birthdate
- 1920-03-20
- Date of death
- 2010-01-11
- Gender
- male
- Organizations
- Les Films du Losange (cofounder)
- Nationality
- France
- Associated Place (for map)
- France
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Reviews
En 1957, Rohmer y Chabrol, dos de los más grandes directores franceses de la historia del cine, eran jóvenes críticos de la mítica revista Cahiers du cinéma. Defendían enérgicamente la "política de autores" y de ese modo obligaron a los cinéfilos a prestar atención a la obra de un cineasta considerado hasta entonces comercial: Alfred Hitchcock. Este libro es el primero que se le consagra: pese a haber realizado ya cuarenta y cinco films, todavía era mal visto por los historiadores show more del cine. Rohmer y Chabrol emprenden un detallado estudio dirigido a demostrar que Hitchock es "uno de los más grandes inventores de formas de toda la historia del cine". Entusiastas, combativos, demostrativos, ambos revolucionaron así el ejercicio de la crítica cinematográfica y la mirada de los cinéfilos del mundo entero. show less
love eric rohmer movies but some of these stories were better told than others
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Statistics
- Works
- 56
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 692
- Popularity
- #36,564
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 21
- ISBNs
- 100
- Languages
- 6
- Favorited
- 2
