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'''André Bazin''' (French: [bazɛ̃]; 18 April 1918 – 11 November 1958) was a renowned and influential French film critic and film theorist.

== Life and work ==

Bazin started to write about film in 1943 and was a co-founder of the renowned film magazine Cahiers du cinéma in 1951, along with Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Joseph-Marie Lo Duca.

Bazin's call for objective reality, deep focus, and lack of montage are linked to his belief that the interpretation of a film or scene should be left to the spectator.

This placed him in opposition to film theory of the 1920s and 1930s, which emphasized how the cinema could manipulate reality.

== Long take versus montage ==

He preferred [[Long take|long takes]] to [[montage editing]].

== See also ==

* [[Film]]
* [[Long take]]
* [[Mise-en-scène]]
* [[Montage (film)]]

==  External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Bazin André Bazin] @ Wikipedia

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