Jean Renoir | Coosa Creek Cinema

Boudu Saved from Cinephiles

By Rick, on March 15th, 2009 |

The literal translation of Boudu sauvé des eaux is “Boudu saved from the waters” (thanks for the correction, Marilyn), which seems more apt than the English saved from drowning. After all, the very first shot, after the credits, is a stark, white, frame-filling “Boudu.” superimposed over water. The name ends in a period mark, as [...]

Boudu Community Resources

By Rick, on March 13th, 2009 |

Jean Renoir’s Boudu Saved from Drowning is this month’s choice of The Oldest Established Really Important Film Club, and I’ll host it Monday morning, right here at the Creek. I’ll get the post up by 11:00 am EST (8:00 PST), and all you have to do is see the film, read the essay, and join [...]

Thoughts on Jean Renoir

By Rick, on June 2nd, 2008 |

Peter Bogdanovich has a great appreciation for Jean Renoir over at the New York Observer. He regards Renoir as “The Best Director, Ever,” and who am I to argue? He writes:

“In the 1950s, the Young Turks of the French New Wave—Truffaut, Godard, Rohmer, Chabrol, etc.—acclaimed Hawks and Alfred Hitchcock but [...]