Nino Frank

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Nino Frank (born June 27, 1904 in Barletta , † August 17, 1988 in Paris ) was an Italian film critic with Swiss origins.

In August 1946, Frank coined the term Film Noir in his article A New Kind of Police Drama: The Criminal Adventure , in which he discussed American films from the 1940s that only made their way into European cinemas after the war ended due to an import ban found. In addition to three classic Hollywood films, these included Woman Without a Conscience (1944), Laura (1944), The Trace of the Falcon (1941) and Murder, My Sweet (1944). In these four productions Frank believed he was discovering a new variety of crime film - one that basically paid more attention to the characterization of the characters than to the plot. He pointed to the use of voiceover, which fragmented the plot and brought out the "lifelike" side of the film.

Nino Frank was also a writer and translator . Notable is his collaboration with James Joyce and Blaise Cendrars .

Life

Nino Frank was born in the southern Italian city of Barletta to Swiss parents. He moved to France in 1923 , after years in the Scuola Internazionale of Naples (where Blaise Cendrars had also studied), headed by Doctor Pluss . He stayed there all his life. Nino Frank is buried with his wife in Cimetière Montparnasse in Paris .

Works

  • Bifur (1929–1931, 8 issues).
  • Petit cinéma sentimental. Foreword by Henri Jeanson. Paris, La Nouvelle Édition, 1950
  • Les Années 30 (1969)
  • Mémoire brisée. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1967
  • Le Bruit parmi le vent. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1968.
  • 10.7.2. et autres portraits. Souvenirs. Maurice Nadeau / Papyrus, 1983

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Free online access to the journal 'Bifur' at gallica.bnf.fr. Retrieved September 16, 2008 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Frank, Nino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian film critic
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Barletta , Italy
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1988
Place of death Paris , France