Jean Renoir: Projections of Paradise

Now back in print, the definitive biography of a seminal figure in film history, whom Orson Welles called "the greatest of all directors."

Jean Renoir's career almost spans the history years of cinema–from the early silent movies, to the naturalism of the talkies, committed cinema, film noir, Hollywood studio productions, the Technicolor-period comedies and fast television techniques. His film The Grand Illusion remains one of the greatest movies about the effects of war.

Decades after its re...