André Bazin: A Pioneer of French Cinema and Influence on the New Wave

André Bazin, a contributor to French film magazines such as 'L'Ecran Franrais', 'L'Esprit', 'Le Parisien Libere', 'Telerama' (then called 'Radio-Cinema-Television'), and 'L'Observateur', profoundly influenced the film makers of the 'New Wave'. This impact was particularly felt among those he brought together at 'Cahiers du Cinema', who had just begun to make films when he passed away after ten years of illness. It was no coincidence that the filmography of Renoir's work reprinted at the end of this book was compiled under Bazin's direction by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Claude de Givray, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette, Eric Rohmer, and myself in 1957, and completed and updated by Claude Beylie, Jean Douchet, Michel Delahaye, Jean Kress, and Louis Marcorelles in 1971.