Alexandre Astruc

Alexandre Astruc (French: [astʁyk]; 13 July 1923 – 19 May 2016) was a French film critic and film director.[1]

Alexandre Astruc
Alexandre Astruc, c. 1965
Born(1923-07-13)13 July 1923
Died19 May 2016(2016-05-19) (aged 92)
NationalityFrance
Genrefilm director
journalist,
novelist
Notable awardsRené Clair Award

Biography

Before becoming a film director he was a journalist, novelist and film critic.[2] His contribution to the auteur theory centers on his notion of the caméra-stylo or "camera-pen" and the idea that directors should wield their cameras like writers use their pens.[3][4]

In 1994 he was awarded the René Clair Award for his whole body of film work.

Selected filmography

(s) indicates films also co-scripted by Astruc

  • 1949: Ulysse ou Les mauvaises rencontres also known as Aller et retour, a short film; Astruc also wrote the scenario
  • 1952: The Crimson Curtain (s) (Le rideau cramoisi)
  • 1952: La Putain respectueuse
  • 1955: Les Mauvaises rencontres (s)
  • 1957: Amour de poche
  • 1958: Une vie (s)
  • 1960: La proie pour l'ombre (s)
  • 1962: L'Éducation sentimentale
  • 1964: The Pit and the Pendulum (Le Puits et le Pendule)
  • 1966: La Longue Marche (s)
  • 1968: Flammes sur l'Adriatique (s)

Publications
  • 1945: Les Vacances, Gallimard
  • 1975: Ciel de cendres, Le Sagittaire
  • 1975: La tête la première, Olivier Orban
  • 1977: Le Serpent jaune, Gallimard
  • 1979: Quand la chouette s'envole, Gallimard
  • 1982: Le Permissionnaire, Éditions de la Table ronde, Paris
  • 1989: Le roman de Descartes, Éditions Balland
  • 1992: Du stylo à la caméra et de la caméra au stylo: Écrits (1942–1984), Éditions de l'Archipel
  • 1993: L'autre versant de la colline, Écriture
  • 1994: Évariste Galois, Groupe Flammarion
  • 1997: Le Siècle à venir, Éditions Trédaniel
  • 2015: Le plaisir en toutes choses (with Noël Simsolo), Éditions Neige/Écriture
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gollark: If the market wills it, it's good.
gollark: Obviously I'll have to prototype it first, but it would be neat.
gollark: With special hardware at junctions, a coordination server, and a bit of powered rail, it should be possible to use just 1 or 2 tracks per road and send carts anywhere, with fully passive (computerless) carts.
gollark: I thought about doing it in Chorus City, but it wouldn't make much sense since that's quite small.

References
  1. Ronald Bergan. "Alexandre Astruc obituary". the Guardian.
  2. Martin, Marcel (1971) France. London: A. Zwemmer; p. 11
  3. Alexandre Astruc, "The Birth of a New Avant-Garde: La Caméra-Stylo," in The New Wave, ed. Peter Graham, pp. 17-23. Trans. from "Naissance d'une nouvelle avant-garde: la caméra-stylo," L'Écran Français 144, 30 March 1948.
  4. Astruc, Alexandre (1948). "The Birth of a New Avant-Garde: La Caméra-Stylo". New Wave Film. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

Bibliography
  • Raymond Bellour, Alexandre Astruc, Paris, Seghers, Collection Cinéma d'aujourd'hui, 1963.
  • Philippe François, « Alexandre Astruc », in Patrick Cabanel and André Encrevé (dir.), Dictionnaire biographique des protestants français de 1787 à nos jours, tome 1 : A-C, Les Éditions de Paris Max Chaleil, Paris, 2015, (p. 105) ISBN 978-2846211901
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