Open AccessProfondeur de champ in Jean Renoir’s The Golden Coach
Author(s) -
Barry Nevin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
kinema
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2562-5764
pISSN - 1192-6252
DOI - 10.15353/kinema.vi.1248
Subject(s) - studio , context (archaeology) , art , art history , ideal (ethics) , residence , humanities , history , philosophy , visual arts , sociology , archaeology , demography , epistemology
ARTIFICE IN DEPTH: THE EVOLUTION OF PROFONDEUR DE CHAMP IN JEAN RENOIR'S THE GOLDEN COACH The ideal response to the problem posed by colour is to completely avoid […] the vérité extérieure and work entirely in studio décor. [… ] The vérité intérieure is often hidden behind a purely artificial environment.(1)- Jean Renoir […] Realism in art can only be achieved through artifice.(2)- André Bazin The Golden Coach (1953), filmed in the aftermath of Renoir's American experience and the production of The River, can appear somewhat anomalous within the context of his career: the deep, singular hues of the Indian environment and the British family's residence in The River (1951 [cf. Figs. A - B]) are sacrificed for the multicoloured commedia dell'arte costumes worn by Camilla and the rest of the theatre troupe....