Jean Epstein

Jean Epstein

Jean Epstein (French: [ɛp.ʃtajn]; 25 March 1897 – 2 April 1953) was a French filmmaker, film theorist, literary critic, and novelist. Although he is remembered today primarily for his adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher, he directed three dozen films and was an influential critic of literature and film from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. He is often associated with French Impressionist Cinema and the concept of photogénie. Epstein was born in Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland (then a part of Russian Empire) to a French-Jewish father and Polish mother. After his father died in 1908, the family relocated to Switzerland, where Epstein remained until beginning medical school at the University of Lyon in France. While in Lyon, Epstein served as a secretary and translator for Auguste Lumière, considered one of the founders of cinema. Epstein started directing his own films in 1922 with Pasteur, followed by L'Auberge rouge and Coeur fidèle (both 1923). Film director Luis Buñuel worked as an assistant director to Epstein on Mauprat (1926) and La Chute de la maison Usher (1928). Epstein's criticism appeared in the early modernist journal L'Esprit Nouveau. During the making of Coeur fidèle Epstein chose to film a simple story of love and violence "to win the confidence of those, still so numerous, who believe that only the lowest melodrama can interest the public", and also in the hope of creating "a melodrama so stripped of all the conventions ordinarily attached to the genre, so sober, so simple, that it might approach the nobility and excellence of tragedy". He wrote the scenario in a single night. Epstein had been much impressed by Abel Gance's recently completed La Roue, and in Coeur fidèle he sought to apply its techniques of rapid and rhythmic editing as well as the innovative use of close-ups and superimpositions of images. These techniques are most apparent during the first half of the film: the opening sequence establishing Marie's situation in the harbour bar through a series of close-ups of her face, her hands, the table and glasses that she is cleaning; the use of images of the sea and the port, either intercut or superimposed, to convey the yearnings of Jean and Marie; and the film's most celebrated sequence at the fairground in which a highly complex series of rhythmically assembled images charts the tension of the relationship between Marie and Petit Paul. The later scenes of the film are relatively conventional in the techniques employed and depend more upon situation and action than upon photography and processing of the images. In the 1920s, Epstein's works would display influences from German Expressionism. Epstein also made several documentaries about Brittany. Chanson d'Armor is known as the first Breton-speaking film in history. His two novels also take place in Breton isles: L'Or des mers in Ouessant and Les Recteurs et la sirène in Sein. Epstein died in 1953 from a cerebral hemorrhage.

  • 人气度 : 1.626
  • 闻名 : Directing
  • 生日 : 1897-03-25
  • 出生地 : Warszawa, Russian Empire [now Poland]
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Jean Epstein 电影

  • 1978
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    Jean Epstein ou le Cinéma pour lui-même

    Jean Epstein ou le Cinéma pour lui-même

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  • 2011
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    Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema

    Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema

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  • 1928
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    厄舍古厦的倒塌

    厄舍古厦的倒塌

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  • 1928
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    厄舍古厦的倒塌

    厄舍古厦的倒塌

    7.039 1928 HD

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  • 1928
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    厄舍古厦的倒塌

    厄舍古厦的倒塌

    7.039 1928 HD

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  • 1923
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    忠实的心

    忠实的心

    7.2 1923 HD

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  • 1923
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    忠实的心

    忠实的心

    7.2 1923 HD

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  • 1927
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    三面镜

    三面镜

    6.6 1927 HD

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  • 1927
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    三面镜

    三面镜

    6.6 1927 HD

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  • 1924
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    蒙古的雄狮

    蒙古的雄狮

    6.7 1924 HD

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  • 1924
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    蒙古的雄狮

    蒙古的雄狮

    6.7 1924 HD

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  • 1947
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    风暴

    风暴

    6.7 1947 HD

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  • 1929
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    天涯海角

    天涯海角

    7.048 1929 HD

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  • 1930
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    乌鸦之海

    乌鸦之海

    7.2 1930 HD

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  • 1929
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    Sa tête

    Sa tête

    6 1929 HD

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  • 1923
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    红色旅店

    红色旅店

    5.5 1923 HD

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  • 1924
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    尼维尔内来的美女

    尼维尔内来的美女

    6.2 1924 HD

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  • 1933
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    L'or des mers

    L'or des mers

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  • 1926
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    莫泊拉

    莫泊拉

    6.5 1926 HD

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  • 1922
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    巴斯德

    巴斯德

    6.2 1922 HD

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  • 1932
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    Les Berceaux

    Les Berceaux

    6.6 1932 HD

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  • 1925
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    罗伯特·迈克尔的冒险

    罗伯特·迈克尔的冒险

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  • 1925
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    Photogénies

    Photogénies

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1925
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    Photogénies

    Photogénies

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1934
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    La châtelaine du Liban

    La châtelaine du Liban

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  • 1930
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    乌鸦之海

    乌鸦之海

    7.2 1930 HD

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  • 2016
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    Chanson d'Armor

    Chanson d'Armor

    5.9 2016 HD

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  • 1925
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    双重的爱

    双重的爱

    5.6 1925 HD

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  • 1927
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    Six et demi, onze

    Six et demi, onze

    6.3 1927 HD

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  • 1922
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    Les vendanges

    Les vendanges

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  • 1926
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    Au pays de George Sand

    Au pays de George Sand

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1930
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    Le pas de la mule

    Le pas de la mule

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1931
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    Notre-Dame de Paris

    Notre-Dame de Paris

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1931
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    Le vieux chaland

    Le vieux chaland

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1932
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    Le Cor

    Le Cor

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1932
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    La chanson des peupliers

    La chanson des peupliers

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1932
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    La vilanelle des rubans

    La vilanelle des rubans

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1934
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    La Vie d'un grand journal

    La Vie d'un grand journal

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1936
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    La Bourgogne

    La Bourgogne

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  • 1937
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    Vive la vie

    Vive la vie

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1938
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    Eau vive

    Eau vive

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1938
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    La relève

    La relève

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1953
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    Efforts de productivité dans la fonderie

    Efforts de productivité dans la fonderie

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  • 1931
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    Le vieux chaland

    Le vieux chaland

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1932
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    La vilanelle des rubans

    La vilanelle des rubans

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  • 1932
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    La chanson des peupliers

    La chanson des peupliers

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1932
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    Le Cor

    Le Cor

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1938
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    Eau vive

    Eau vive

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1926
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    莫泊拉

    莫泊拉

    6.5 1926 HD

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  • 1927
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    Six et demi, onze

    Six et demi, onze

    6.3 1927 HD

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  • 1924
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    尼维尔内来的美女

    尼维尔内来的美女

    6.2 1924 HD

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  • 1926
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    莫泊拉

    莫泊拉

    6.5 1926 HD

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  • 1925
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    双重的爱

    双重的爱

    5.6 1925 HD

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  • 1933
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    L'Homme à l'Hispano

    L'Homme à l'Hispano

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1948
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    Les feux de la mer

    Les feux de la mer

    5.3 1948 HD

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  • 1947
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    风暴

    风暴

    6.7 1947 HD

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  • 1934
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    La châtelaine du Liban

    La châtelaine du Liban

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1933
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    L'Homme à l'Hispano

    L'Homme à l'Hispano

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1923
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    La montagne infidèle

    La montagne infidèle

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1929
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    Sa tête

    Sa tête

    6 1929 HD

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  • 1938
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    Les Bâtisseurs

    Les Bâtisseurs

    1 1938 HD

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  • 2021
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    Tempestade

    Tempestade

    10 2021 HD

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  • 1938
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    世界尽头的女人

    世界尽头的女人

    5.7 1938 HD

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  • 1923
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    红色旅店

    红色旅店

    5.5 1923 HD

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  • 1924
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    尼维尔内来的美女

    尼维尔内来的美女

    6.2 1924 HD

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  • 1939
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    Artères de France

    Artères de France

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1924
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    蒙古的雄狮

    蒙古的雄狮

    6.7 1924 HD

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  • 1925
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    L'Affiche

    L'Affiche

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1938
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    世界尽头的女人

    世界尽头的女人

    5.7 1938 HD

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  • 1936
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    Cuor di vagabondo

    Cuor di vagabondo

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1935
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    Marius et Olive à Paris

    Marius et Olive à Paris

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    Marius et Olive à Paris

    Marius et Olive à Paris

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1924
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    La Goutte de sang

    La Goutte de sang

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1936
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    La Bretagne

    La Bretagne

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1936
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    La Bretagne

    La Bretagne

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1925
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    L'Affiche

    L'Affiche

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1929
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    天涯海角

    天涯海角

    7.048 1929 HD

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  • 1947
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    风暴

    风暴

    6.7 1947 HD

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  • 1978
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    Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

    Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

    1 1978 HD

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