André Bazin

French film critic and theorist (1918–1958)

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Born: 1918
Died: 1958
Works: 27

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La Politique des auteurs
Contribution à l'étude des chancres mixtes de leur fréquence de leur diagnostic précoce
André Bazin on French cinema, 1938-1958
Eiga to wa nani ka
Dian ying shi sheng yao?

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Acting · Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France

André Bazin (18 April 1918 – 11 November 1958) was a renowned and influential French film critic and film theorist. Bazin started to write about film in 1943 and was a co-founder of the renowned film magazine Cahiers du cinéma in 1951, with Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Joseph-Marie Lo Duca. He is notable for arguing that realism is the most important function of cinema. His call for objective…

Known for

Piano Sequenza, Soggettiva — Himself2025
Godard Cinema2023
Bazin roman — self2021
The Kreutzer Sonata — (uncredited)1956

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: France

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Discography

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Listeners: 3
Total plays: 7

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,519x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,384x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,811x
Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,765x
Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,388x

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Key facts

Born: ( 1918-04-18 ) 18 April 1918, Angers , Third French Republic
Died: 11 November 1958 (1958-11-11) (aged 40), Nogent-sur-Marne , France
Alma mater: École Normale Supérieure de Saint-Cloud
Occupations: Film critic, film theorist
Spouse: Janine Bazin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1949 ⁠ – ⁠ 1958 )

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date of birth: 1918-04-08
date of death: 1958-11-11
name in native language: André Bazin
start of work period: 1943-00-00
end of work period: 1958-00-00

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André Bazin ( French: [bazɛ̃]; 18 April 1918 – 11 November 1958) was a renowned and influential French film critic and film theorist. He started to write about movies in 1943 and was a co-founder of the renowned film magazine Cahiers du cinéma in 1951 alongside Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Joseph-Marie Lo Duca.

He is notable for arguing that realism is the most important function of cinema. His call for objective reality in film, as understood through the use of deep focus as well as the lack of montage, were linked to his belief that the interpretation of an entire movie or a specific scene should be left to the spectator. This placed him in opposition to prior film theorists, such as many writing during the 1920s and 1930s, who had emphasized how the cinema could manipulate reality. Bazin insisted that movies morally should serve as personalized projects by their directors to the degree that each and every one represents a director's individual vision, which reflected his broader psychological and philosophical beliefs about culture and the arts.