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Jean Epstein


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Jean Epstein (March 25, 1897 – April 2, 1953) was a French filmmaker, film theorist, literary critic, and novelist.

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The Intelligence of a Machine

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Buenos días, cine

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el cine del diablo

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Écrits sur le cinéma : 1921...

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151 Selected Short Stories ...

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Anton Chekhov: Selected Sho...

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Buenos días, cine

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L'essenza del cinema

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Nous sommes des parents for...

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“Il n’y a pas d’histoires. Il n’y a jamais eu d’histoires. Il n’y a que des
situations, sans queue ni tête; sans commencement, sans milieu, et sans fin; sans endroit et sans envers; on peut les regarder dans tous les sens; la droite devient la gauche; sans limites de passé ou d’avenir, elles sont le présent.

(There are no stories. There have never been stories. There are only situations,
having neither head nor tail; without beginning, middle or end; no recto no
verso; they can be looked at from all angles; right becomes left; without limitations in the past or future, they are the present)”
Jean Epstein

“Tous ces phares parlent une seule langue, celle des
éclats de lumière que tous les navigateurs du monde
comprennent.
[All these lighthouses speak but one language, that
of light bursts, which all the navigators in the world
understand.]”
Jean Epstein

“Cinema with ink and paper ought to do the job faster than cinema on film.”
Jean Epstein



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