Picnic on the Grass
Encyclopedia
Picnic on the Grass is a 1959
film directed by Jean Renoir
. It shares a title with the painting by Édouard Manet
.
http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~ejohnson/critics/sarris.html, Jean-Luc Godard
http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~ejohnson/critics/godard.html, Jacques Rivette
http://jdcopp.blogspot.com/2006/09/jacques-rivette-10-best-films-cahiers_16.html, and François Truffaut
http://jdcopp.blogspot.com/2006/09/franois-truffaut-10-best-films-from.html.
1959 in film
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with Ben-Hur winning a record 11 Academy Awards.-Events:* The Three Stooges make their 190th and last short film, Sappy Bull Fighters....
film directed by Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s...
. It shares a title with the painting by Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet was a French painter. One of the first 19th-century artists to approach modern-life subjects, he was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism....
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Reception
The film was named to year-end top ten lists by Andrew SarrisAndrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris is an American film critic and a leading proponent of the auteur theory of criticism.-Career:Sarris is generally credited with popularizing the auteur theory in the U.S...
http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~ejohnson/critics/sarris.html, Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement, French Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave"....
http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~ejohnson/critics/godard.html, Jacques Rivette
Jacques Rivette
Jacques Rivette is a French film director. His most well known films include Celine and Julie Go Boating, La Belle Noiseuse and the cult film Out 1....
http://jdcopp.blogspot.com/2006/09/jacques-rivette-10-best-films-cahiers_16.html, and François Truffaut
François Truffaut
François Roland Truffaut was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and actor working on over twenty-five...
http://jdcopp.blogspot.com/2006/09/franois-truffaut-10-best-films-from.html.