Patrice Rollet
Paris as seen through avant-garde cinema 1923-1983
This book contains a preface written by Christian Lebrat, as well as critical essays written by Patrice Rollet, Annette Michelson, Dominique Noguez, Paolo Bertetto, Michel Marie, Prosper Hillairet, and also a chronology, a topography and a chapter devoted to filmographies, documents, and testimonies.
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This book was published on the occasion of the retrospective presented at the National Museum of Modern Art, Centre Georges Pompidou in December 1985. It discusses the privileged relationship Paris has with international cinematic avant-gardes. Paris is the unifying theme of the films and ensures the cohesion of the whole throughout these sixty years of cinema: from 1923 to 1983.