In literature and in cinema there is the so called réalisme poétique - in french cinema also "l'ecole francaise des annees 30"
This paradox: poetic realism is hard for me to understand and describe. I am still trying to grasp what it means exactly.
Until January I will have to decide myself upon a definition and work on it for an essay.
poetic realism are opposites combined.
How can something be realistic, yet poetic at the same time???
The expression "poetic realism" was coined by Jean Paulhan, editor of "La Nouvelle Revue française" in 1929.
I believe it was used to express the idea of a film showing horrible, sad and tragic stories without ever loosing the poetry in them.
Among the directors of poetic realism are: René Clair, Julien Duvivier, Marcel Carné, Jean Renoir, Jacques Feyder, Marcel Pagnol.
Here is the magnificent beginning of La Bête Humaine, by Jean Renoir
the most important director in poetic realism
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