The Red Years of Cahiers du cinma (1968-1973)

The uprising which shook France in May 1968 also had a revolutionary effect on the countrys most prominent film journal. Under editors Jean-Louis Comolli and Jean Narboni, Cahiers du cinma embarked on a militant turn that would govern the journal's work over the next five years. Inspired by Marxist and psychoanalytic theory, the "red years" of Cahiers du cinma produced a theoretical outpouring that was seminal for the formation of film studies and is still of vital relevance for the contemporary audiovisual landscape. The Red Years of Cahiers du Cinma (1968-1973) gives an overview of this period in the journals history and its aftermath, combining biographical accounts of the critics who wrote for Cahiers in the post 1968 period with theoretical explorations of their key texts.