Like Father, Like Son: The Impressionist Cinema of Jean Renoir
from:Seattle Art Museum category:Arts and Entertainment posted:July 16th, 2008Master artist Pierre Auguste Renoir painted loving portraits of his young son Jean that glow with Impressionistic light and color. Jean grew up, married his father’s most famous model and made films that project the Renoir family culture of pictorial beauty a blending of nature art and life and an embrace of humanity in all its way wardness and glory.
Boudu Saved from Drowning - Anarchy battles bourgeois convention in Boudu Saved From Drowning, when a bookseller rescues tramp Michel Simon. (Jean Renoir, 1932) Michel Simon, Charles Granval, Marcelle Hainia. 87 min. Film in French with English subtitles.
The Golden Coach - chronicles the amorous adventures of an 18th century actress (Anna Magnani). (Jean Renoir, 1953) Anna Magnani, Duncan Lamont, Odoardo Spararo. In Technicolor, 100 min. Film in French with English subtitles.
French Cancan - Impressario Jean Gabin invents the cancan dance at the Moulin Rouge in French Cancan. (Jean Renoir, 1955) Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix. In Technicolor, 105 min. Film in French with English subtitles.
Picnic on the Grass - A stuffy professor (Paul Meurisse) surrenders to the charms of a farmer’s daughter (Catherine Rouvel) in Picnic on the Grass, filmed at the Provencal Renoir family home.(Jean Renoir, 1959) Paul Meurisse, Catherine Rouvel, Fernand Sardou. In Eastman color, 91 min. Film in French with English subtitles.
Date: On Fridays, August 1 - 22, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Location: Plestcheeff Auditorium.
