Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Books Frequently Cited in Text
Introduction
PART 1: FRENCH CINEMA
Introduction
1. François Truffaut: 'The Rogues are Weary' (review of Jacques Becker's Touchez pas au grisbi) (April 1954)
2. André Bazin, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Pierre Kast, Roger Leenhardt, Jacques Rivette, Eric Rohmer: 'Six Characters in Search of auteurs: A Discussion about the French Cinema' (May 1957)
3. Jean-Luc Godard: 'Sufficient Evidence' (review of Roger Vadim's Sait-on jamais?) (July 1957)
4. Jean-Luc Godard: Les 400 Coups (February 1959)
5. Fereydoun Hoveyda: 'The First Person Plural' (article on François Truffaut's Les 400 Coups) (July 1959)
6. Jean Domarchi, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Jean-Luc Godard, Pierre Kast, Jacques Rivette, Eric Rohmer: 'Hiroshima, notre amour' (discussion on Alain Resnais's Hiroshima mon amour) (July 1959)
PART 2: AMERICAN CINEMA
Introduction
I. Perspectives
7. Eric Rohmer: 'Rediscovering America' (Christmas 1955)
8. Jacques Rivette: 'Notes on a Revolution' (Christmas 1955)
9. André Bazin: 'The Death of Humphrey Bogart' (February 1957)
II. Dossier - Nicholas Ray
10. Jacques Rivette: 'On Imagination' (review of The Lusty Men)(October 1953)
11. François Truffaut: 'A Wonderful Certainty' (review of Johnny Guitar) (April 1955)
12. Eric Rohmer: 'Ajax or the Cid?' (review of Rebel Without a Cause)
(May 1956)
13. Jean-Luc Godard: 'Nothing but Cinema' (review of Hot Blood)
(February 1957)
14. Jean-Luc Godard: 'Beyond the Stars' (review of Bitter Victory)
(January 1958)
15. Charles Bitsch: Interview with Nicholas Ray (November 1958)
III. Auteurs
16. Jacques Rivette: 'The Genius of Howard Hawks' (May 1953)
17. Jacques Rivette: 'The Essential' (review of Otto Preminger's Angel Face) (February 1954)
18. Claude Chabrol: 'Serious Things' (review of Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window) (April 1955)
19. Jacques Rivette: 'The Hand' (review of Fritz Lang's Beyond a Reasonable Doubt) (November 1957)
20. Luc Moullet: 'Sam Fuller: In Marlowe's Footsteps' (March 1959)
IV. Genre
21. Claude Chabrol: 'Evolution of the Thriller' (Christmas 1955)
22. André Bazin: 'Beauty of a Western' (review of Anthony Mann's The Man from Laramie) (January 1956)
23. André Bazin: 'An Exemplary Western' (review of Budd Boetticher's Seven Men from Now) (August-September 1957)
PART 3: ITALIAN CINEMA
Introduction
24. André Bazin: Umberto D (June 1952)
25. Amédée Ayfre: 'Neo-Realism and Phenomenology' (November 1952)
26. Jacques Rivette: 'Letter on Rosseilini' (April 1955)
27. Eric Rohmer: 'The Land of Miracles' (review of Roberto Rossellini's Viaggio in Italia) (May 1955)
28. Eric Rohmer and François Truffaut, Fereydoun Hoveyda and Jacques Rivette: Interviews with Roberto Rossellini (July 1954 and April 1959)
PART 4: POLEMICS
I.Criticism
Introduction
29. Pierre Kast: 'Flattering the Fuzz: Some Remarks on Dandyism and the Practice of Cinema' (May 1951)
30. Jean Domarchi: 'Knife in the Wound' (October 1956)
31. André Bazin: 'On the politique des auteurs' (April 1957)
32. Luc Moullet, André Bazin, Jacques Rivette: Exchanges about Kurosawa and Mizoguchi (February 1957, March 1957, March 1958)
33. Alexandre Astruc: 'What is mise en scène?' (October1959)
II. Dossier - CinemaScope
Introduction
34. François Truffaut: 'A Full View' (July 1953)
35. Jacques Rivette: 'The Age of metteurs en scéne' (January 1954)
36. Eric Rohmer: 'The Cardinal Virtues of CinemaScope' (January 1954)
Appendix: 1
Cahiers du Cinéma Annual Best Films Listings 1955-9
Appendix: 2
Guide to Cahiers du Cinéma Nos 1-102, April 1951 - December 1959,
in English translation
Appendix: 3
Cahiers du Cinéma in the 1960s and 1970s
Index of Names and Film Titles