Jean Renoir's cinematic adaptation of Rumer Godden's The River

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Jean Renoir's 1951 film The River is a beautiful adaptation of Rumer Godden's short original novel. It is also a subtly orientalist vision of India which reaffirms Western imperialist attitudes. Renoir elaborated Godden's sparse prose into an epic documentary-style evocation of India and its people and customs. In so doing, he placed himself in a tradition of Western artists (particularly French) who used painting, photography and filmmaking to capture, interpret and exoticise the so-called 'Orient' for Western audiences.

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  • 言語文化

    言語文化 10 (4), 575-596, 2008-03-10

    Doshisha Society for the Study of Language and Culture

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