Cahiers du Cinema: From Literary Influences to Filmic Legacy

The young French critics who created the Cahiers du Cinéma in 1951 expanded the sphere of influence of authorship, providing new artistic validity to filmmaking and granting certain directors privilege previously reserved for literary authors.

In Cahiers du Cinéma: From Literary Influences to Filmic Legacy, film and media scholar Natacha Guyot, PhD, examines the French history of author’s rights that allowed the Cahiers du Cinéma to emerge and impact filmmaking.

From the tradition of literary authorship to legal protections, she dives into unique qualities of French cultural landscape that have fostered an author-centric approach across multiple art and storytelling forms.