Carlos Clarens (1930–1987) was a film historian and writer on the cinema particularly noted for his sensitive, pioneering ''
An Illustrated History of the Horror Film'' (1967, revised 1968). Having left Havana in his younger years, he made his mark in both Paris and New York, providing subtitles in the five languages with which he was fluent.
One of the films he provided subtitles for was
Franco Zeffirelli
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's ''
La Traviata
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''.
He also worked as a production assistant for
Jacques Demy
Jacques Demy (; 5 June 1931 – 27 October 1990) was a French director, lyricist, and screenwriter. He appeared at the height of the French New Wave alongside contemporaries like Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. Demy's films are celebrat ...
and
Robert Bresson
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while he was living in Paris.
Upon his death, tributes were held at New York's Little Theatre at the
Public Theater
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, the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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and Paris'
Cinematheque
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.
Bibliography
* ''
An Illustrated History of the Horror Film'' (1967)
* ''Cukor'' (1976)
* ''Crime Movies'' (1980)
References
External links
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1930 births
1987 deaths
20th-century historians
Subtitlers
20th-century translators
Writers from Havana
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