Short History of Cahiers Du Cinema

<i>Cahiers du Cinéma</i> was the single most influential project in the history of film. Founded in 1951 it was responsible for establishing film as the 'seventh art ' equal to literature painting or music and it revolutionized film-making and writing. Its contributors would put their words into action: the likes of Godard Truffaut Rivette Rohmer were to become some of the greatest directors of the age their films part of the internationally celebrated <i>nouvelle vague</i>. <p/>In this authoritative new history Emilie Bickerton explores the evolution and impact of <i>Cahiers du Cinéma</i> from its early years to its late-sixties radicalization its internationalization and its response to the television age of the seventies and eighties. Showing how the story of <i>Cahiers</i> continues to resonate with critics practitioners and the film-going public <i>A Short History of Cahiers du Cinéma</i> is a testimony to the extraordinary legacy and archive these 'collected pages of a notebook' have provided for the world of cinema.