Publisher's Synopsis
"For those passionate about French arts and culture, Melinda Camber Porter's Through Parisian Eyes is like a daylong trip to the candy store." --San Francisco Chronicle "Issues raised in Through Parisian Eyes are intriguing." --Joyce Carol Oates "Noted with pleasure" -New York Times This New Library Edition, 60 images, 300p, 14p index, 8.5x11. Essays from her interviews with prominent Parisian figures in film, theater, arts and cultural including: HISTORY AND RESPONSIBILITY François Truffaut Marcel Ophüls Costa-Gavras THE THEATRICAL ESTABLISHMENT IN RENEWAL Jean Anouilh Jean-Louis Barrault Eugène Ionesco FOREIGN CONNECTIONS Breyten Breytenbach Michael Lonsdale Peter Brook COMMUNICATION AT THE BREAKING POINT Alain Resnais Alain Robbe-Grillet Louis Malle Eric Rohmer Marcel Carné Jean Eustache Bertrand Tavernier DECISIVE WOMEN Margaret Dura Delphine Seyrig Roger Vadim Monique Wittig Françoise Giroud THE INVASION OF THE MODERNIST PHILOSOPHERS Poets of the Hexagon Edmond Jabès Phillipe Adrien Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Aron FREEDOM FIGHTERS Olivier Todd Yves Montand Bernard-Henri Lévy THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE WRITER Françoise Sagan Jean-Francois Revel André Malraux Régis Debray Melinda Camber Porter's USA Art of Love Touring Exhibition of her paintings and writings sponsored by French Cultural Services in America summarized historical materials from each venue: New York French Cultural Center French Boston Library Chicago Alliance Francaise Houston Alliance Francaise San Francisco Alliance Francaise Washington DC French Embassy Miami Alliance Francaise New Orleans Alliance Francaise Hartford Alliance Francaise and The West Hartford Art League Sioux Falls, South Dakota Civic Art Center Golden, Colorado Foothills Art Center Casper, Wyoming Nicolaysen Art Museum French lecture by Melinda Camber Porter at La Maison Francaise, New York University "Through Parisian Eyes is a brilliantly compiled collection." -- Boston Sunday Globe
