"Night and Fog": A Film in History
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
"Night and Fog": A Film in History
By (Author) Sylvie Lindeperg
Translated by Tom Mes
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
2nd March 2015
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Film history, theory or criticism
European history
940.5318
Physical Properties
Paperback
392
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 51mm
Description
An engrossing account of Alain Resnais's incomparable film, this book documents how a film that began as a cinematic spin-off of an educational exhibition became a significant step in the building of a collective consciousness of the tragedy of World War II. The book offers a unique interpretation of the interworking of biography, history, politics, and film in one cultural moment.
Reviews
"I do not hesitate to call Sylvie Lindepergs marvelously detailed study Night and Fog: A Film in History a major work of contemporary film historical scholarship. . . . [It] affords genuinely original historical and aesthetic insights . . . in finely wrought prose."Stuart Liebman, Cineaste
"The ultimate authoritative source on Alain Resnais groundbreaking Holocaust film Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard, 1955). [Lindepergs] research is remarkable, and the book will be invaluable to those working in European history as well as film. This volume does remarkable service to Night and Fog, a film that in the immediate aftermath of the war challenged viewers to remember the victims of the Holocaust."CHOICE
"Night and Fog gave me a context, a literal frame of art through which I could watch the unwatchable. Slyvie Lindepergs book does something similar for the film itself, and readers willing to tackle it and the film will find the effort well rewarded."Documentary Magazine
"The definitive study of Night and Fog... Historians should also appreciate it as an excellent example of the type of historical work close attention to film makes possible."Journal of Modern History
"Sylvie Lindepergs masterful Night and Fog: A Film in History is the definitive work of reference on Resnaiss classic documentary. We are fortunate to have an excellent English translation of this important and beautifully written French work."H-France Reviews
Author Bio
Sylvie Lindeperg is professor of history at the University of Paris 1 Panthon-Sorbonne. She is the author of many books in French, including Les Ecrans de l'ombre: La Seconde Guerre mondiale dans le cinma francais (19441969).
Tom Mes is the author of many books on Japanese film and cotranslator of Cinema and the Shoah.
Jean-Michel Frodon is a journalist, critic, and historian of cinema.
