Assembly Lines
Montage in Postwar French Film
$72.43
- Paperback
232 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2026
Summary
A bold new understanding of montage and French cinematic history
Amid the tumult of change that swept through French society in the wake of World War II, a trio of visionary filmmakers sought to make meaning of the chaos by revitalising a common method: montage. Revealing Nicole Vedres, Alain Resnais, and Chris Marker as more than just groundbreaking auteurs, Ivan Cerecina shows how their collective infusion of montage with avant-garde aesthetics renewed the art of cinema while helpin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781517919443 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1517919444 |
| Author: | Ivan Cerecina |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press |
| Imprint: | University of Minnesota Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 284g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 140mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“Assembly Lines provides a generative theorization of montage in postwar France, exploring how the technique became a key method for reflecting on the past, agitating the present, and deciphering the future. Beautifully written and lucidly argued, this book is an absolute pleasure to think alongside and a valuable contribution to the field.“—James Leo Cahill, author of Zoological Surrealism: The Nonhuman Cinema of Jean Painlevé
“Postwar French documentary has long been recognized as a high point in film history. Focusing on the work of Nicole Védrès, Alain Resnais, and Chris Marker, Ivan Cerecina draws fresh and compelling connections between documentary film, art, and politics. The compilation film, he reveals, constitutes a powerful historiography, one that shaped our thinking about the Cold War, colonialism, and World War II.“—Kelley Conway, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ivan Cerecina
Ivan Cerecina teaches film studies at The University of Sydney. His work has been published in Screen, Camera Obscura, and Framework.
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