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Every film mentioned in Christophe Fourchet's book "Histoire du mac-mahonisme: Sur une certaine tendance de la cinéphilie française entre 1951 et 1967" (2022).
"But what is Mac-Mahonism? The intensive frequentation of the Mac-Mahon theatre near the Champs-Élysées? A theory of the seventh art that advocates the primacy of mise-en-scene? The cult of a handful of directors, led by Raoul Walsh, Fritz Lang, Otto Preminger, and Joseph Losey? The first challenge in writing this book was to find the unity of a remarkably multi-faceted movement. Telling the story of MacMahonism means recounting the tribulations of a group of cinephile friends, the programming of a unique cinema, a current of thought now studied at university, the critical wars of the 60s, the…
Every film mentioned in Christophe Fourchet's book "Histoire du mac-mahonisme: Sur une certaine tendance de la cinéphilie française entre 1951 et 1967" (2022).
"But what is Mac-Mahonism? The intensive frequentation of the Mac-Mahon theatre near the Champs-Élysées? A theory of the seventh art that advocates the primacy of mise-en-scene? The cult of a handful of directors, led by Raoul Walsh, Fritz Lang, Otto Preminger, and Joseph Losey? The first challenge in writing this book was to find the unity of a remarkably multi-faceted movement. Telling the story of MacMahonism means recounting the tribulations of a group of cinephile friends, the programming of a unique cinema, a current of thought now studied at university, the critical wars of the 60s, the embryonic "Nouvelle Vague", and the history of a magazine from its ninth issue onwards. What do Pierre Rissient's activism, Michel Mourlet's theory, and Jacques Lourcelles's periodical have in common beyond any bonds of friendship? That's what I set out to discover. (...) Mac-mahonism continues to infuse debate, criticism and thinking about cinema. Trafic, Senses of cinema, Foco, La furia umana, Apaches and Lumière are just some of the magazines that have discussed Mac-mahonism over the last ten years".
** The Macmahonists were hesitant about some of the listed films. I will add notes regarding these soon.
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