Poetic realism
Years active | 1930s–1940s |
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Location | French Impressionism |
Influenced | Italian neorealism, French New Wave |
Poetic realism was a
Characteristics
Poetic realism films are "recreated realism", stylised and studio-bound, rather than approaching the "socio-realism of the documentary".
Notable examples
Forerunners of the poetic realist movement include:
- La Petite Lise (1930) by Jean Grémillon
- Zéro de conduite (1933) by Jean Vigo
- Pension Mimosas (1934) by Jacques Feyder
- Le Grand Jeu (1934) by Jacques Feyder
Poetic realist works from leading filmmakers of the mid-to-late 1930s/mid-to-late 1940s include:[3][4]
- L'Atalante (1934) by Jean Vigo
- La Bandera (1935) by Julien Duvivier
- La Kermesse héroïque (1935) by Jacques Feyder
- La Belle Équipe(1936) by Julien Duvivier
- Les Bas-fonds (The Lower Depths) (1936) by Jean Renoir
- Pépé le Moko (1937) by Julien Duvivier
- La Grande Illusion (1937) by Jean Renoir
- La Bête humaine (1938) by Jean Renoir
- Le Quai des brumes (1938) by Marcel Carné
- Hôtel du Nord (1938) by Marcel Carné
- La Règle du jeu(1939) by Jean Renoir
- Le Jour se lève(1939) by Marcel Carné
- Remorques (1941) by Jean Grémillon
- Lumière d’été (Summer Light) (1943) by Jean Grémillon
- Children of Paradise (1945) by Marcel Carné
References
- ^ a b Thompson, Kristin, Bordwell, David. (2010) Film History: An Introduction, Third Edition, New York, NY: The McGraw-Hill Companies. p. 265-268
- ^ Susan Hayward Cinema studies: the key concepts, Routledge, 2006, p.151
- ^ The Criterion Collection
- ^ Movie movements that defined cinema: Poetic realism|Movies|Empire
Further reading
- COMOLLI Jean-Louis, « RÉALISME POÉTIQUE, cinéma français », dans Encyclopædia Universalis , consulté le 28 juillet 2019.
- PINEL Vincent, "Réalisme poétique" dans PINEL Vincent, Ecoles, genres et mouvements au cinéma, Larousse, Comprendre et reconnaître, Paris, 2000. p. 184–185