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  • The Leaves Are Stirring (1948)

    This paper presents the first English-language translation of “Les feuilles bougent” (“The Leaves Are Stirring”), writer-director Nicole Vedrès’s most important essay on film aesthetics. Published in August 1948 in the illustrious revue, Les Temps Modernes, Vedrès’s essay reflects on her then-recent experience of directing the celebrated archival documentary, Paris 1900 (1947). Using her experience of…

    The Leaves Are Stirring (1948)