Renoir- Une partie de campagne

Question 1

Jean Renoir- ‘Entretiens et propos’; says he chose the film because it was a frame on which he could expand

Answer 1

Elle ne m’imposait qu’un cadre idéal me permettant de broder.

Question 2

paintings it resembles

Answer 2

Renoir, ‘The Swing’
Fragonard, ‘The Swing’
Manet, ‘Le déjeuner sur l’herbe’
Alexandre Cabanel, ‘Nymph abducted by a Faun’

Question 3

Robert M. Webster- ‘Film as the Art of Fishing’: role of nature

Answer 3

He makes nature a key element. For Maupassant, it was secondary; for Renoir, it is central.

Question 4

Robert M. Webster- ‘Film as the Art of Fishing’, symbolism of first scene being on a bridge

Answer 4

It is significant that Renoir places the opening sequence on a bridge. Crossing a bridge…a traditional symbol marking the passage into a new phase of life

Question 5

Robert M. Webster- ‘Film as the Art of Fishing’, fishing given more importance by Renoir

Answer 5

uses his camera very much like a net or a line to draw people together or to establish a bond between his characters and the natural world.

Question 6

Robert M. Webster- ‘Film as the Art of Fishing’, type of shot used by Renoir when Henriette and Henri meet again

Answer 6

Renoir uses a combination tracking/pan shot; the camera, in one continuous movement, looks for, catches, and then brings the lovers together

Question 7

Henri to Rodolphe; vocabulary of fishing

Answer 7

ces gens-là, c’est comme les harengs: sa voyage en groupe et c’est inséparable