The Catholic Critic: André Bazin on Hollywood Movies Vol 1 1948–1959

André Bazin (1918-58) is credited with almost single-handedly establishing the study of film as an accepted intellectual pursuit. Bazin can also be considered the principal instigator of the equally influential auteur theory: the idea that since film is an art form the director of a movie must be perceived as the chief creator of its unique cinematic style.Volume 1 of The Catholic Critic: André Bazin on Hollywood Movies 1945-1958 contains for the first time in English much of Bazins penetrating writing on American cinema: on directors such as Billy Wilder Frank Capra Edward Dmytryk Nicholas Ray John Huston and George Stevens; and on films such as The Great Dictator On the Waterfront Blackboard Jungle The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and Touch of Evil.Volume 1 of André Bazin on Hollywood Movies 1945-1958 also features a sizable scholarly apparatus including a Bazin bibliography credits of the films discussed as well as filmographies of their directors and an extensive index. This collection thus represents a major contribution to the still growing academic discipline of cinema studies as well as a testament to the continuing influence of one of the worlds pre-eminent critical thinkers.