Английская Википедия:Ballaciner
Ballaciner is an essay by French Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio with help from Gilles Jacob.[1] It was originally published in French in 2003.
Ballaciner was described [2] by the Nobel committee [3] as:
“Ballaciner” is a French neologism meaning adopting an attitude of a strolling moviegoer.[1]
Themes
"Ballaciner" is mainly an essay about cinema. The essay makes note of the films that have affected the author and makes the connection between literature and cinema. According to a review, the author is "a self-declared cinephile, whose fascination for cinema has always gone hand in hand with his love of literature".[4] Another reviewer noted that this essay "offers penetrating analyses of some of the 'disturbing, unforgettable dreams' conjured up on the cinema screen"[5]
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