My Life and My Films
by Jean Renoir
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Here is the autobiography of the little boy with golden curls in the paintings of his father, Pierre Auguste Renoir-the boy who became the director many consider the greatest in history. François Truffaut called him "an infallible filmmaker . . . Renoir has succeeded in creating the most alive films in the history of cinema, films which still breathe forty years after they were made." In this book, Jean Renoir (1894-1979) presents his world, from his father's Montemarte studio to his own show more travels in Paris, Hollywood, and India. Here are tantalizing secrets about his greatest films-The Rules of the Game, The Grand Illusion, The River, A Day in the Country, La Bête Humaine, Toni. But most of all, Renoir shows us himself: a man if dazzling simplicity, immense creativity, and profound humanity. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- My Life and My Films
- Original title
- Ma Vie et mes Films
- Original publication date
- 1974
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- Genres
- Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, Art & Design, History
- DDC/MDS
- 791.43 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Public performances Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures
- LCC
- PN1998 .A3 .R45713 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures
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- Languages
- 9 — Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 19
- ASINs
- 2
