Round 9: Tossup 11

An essay by this theorist distinguishes between “those directors who put their faith in the image and those who put their faith in reality.” In a footnote musing that “maybe it does not really matter that Russian painting is second-rate provided she gives us first-rate cinema,” this theorist likened Sergei Eisenstein to Tintoretto. In an essay calling his favorite director a “Jansenist of cinema,” this theorist appreciated the rigor with which he adapted plays into films like Jezebel and The Little Foxes. This theorist cradles a cat on the cover of some editions of Hugh Gray’s (*) translation of his best-known book. This fan of William Wyler posited that cinema overcomes (10[1])Western art’s “mummy complex” to accomplish realism in the essay “The Ontology of the Photographic Image.” This author of What is Cinema? is the dedicatee of The 400 Blows, which was directed by his protégé François Truffaut (“frawn-swah troo-FOH”). For 10 points, name this theorist who co-founded (10[1])Cahiers du Cinéma ■END■

Back to tossups

Buzzes

Summary