James Naremore

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James Naremore, born James Otis Naremore, is a film and comparative literature scholar based at Indiana University. Now retired, he retains the titles of Chancellor's Professor of Speech Communication, Chancellor's Professor of Comparative Literature, Chancellor's Professor of English, and Professor of Film Studies at Indiana University Bloomington.

Naremore has made numerous contributions to film studies, and is an avid defender of auteur theory in his writings. His published books include "The Magic World of Orson Welles", "The Films of Vincente Minnelli," and "More Than Night: Film Noir in its Contexts". His work on Orson Welles earned him a Special Thanks credit in the 1998 restoration of Welles' film "Touch of Evil" (1958). He has also recorded a commentary track with fellow film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum for the Criterion Collection release of another of Welles' films, "Mr. Arkadin" (1955).


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