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Jonathan Rosenbaum (born February 27, 1943) is an American film critic. Rosenbaum was the head film critic for the ''Chicago Reader'' from 1987 until 2008, when he retired at the age of 65.〔(Something to Talk About )〕 He has published and edited numerous books 〔(Jonathan Rosenbaum )〕 and has contributed to some of the world's most notable film publications, including ''Cahiers du cinéma'' and ''Film Comment''. He promotes the dissemination and discussion of foreign film. His strong views on filmgoing in the U.S. hold that Hollywood and the media tend to limit the full range of the films Americans can see, at the cineplex and elsewhere. Jonathan Rosenbaum appears in the 2009 documentary ''For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism'' discussing the film criticism of Manny Farber, and giving his approval to young people writing film reviews today on the Internet. Regarding Rosenbaum, French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard said: "I think there is a very good film critic in the United States today, a successor of James Agee, and that is Jonathan Rosenbaum. He's one of the best; we don't have writers like him in France today. He's like André Bazin."〔(Movies as Politics )〕 ==Early life== Rosenbaum grew up in Florence, Alabama, where his grandfather owned a small chain of movie theaters. His childhood home was the Rosenbaum House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. As a teenager, he attended The Putney School in Putney, Vermont, where his classmates included actor Wallace Shawn.〔Rosenbaum, Jonathan. (Playing Oneself )〕 He graduated from Putney in 1961. Rosenbaum developed a lifelong interest in jazz as a teen, and continues to make frequent references to it in his film criticism. He attended Bard College, where he played piano in an amateur jazz ensemble that included future actors Chevy Chase as a drummer and Blythe Danner as a vocalist.〔("To Understand Movies You Have to Understand the World": An Interview with Film Critic Jonathan Rosenbaum )〕 He studied literature at Bard with the intention of becoming a writer; amongst his professors there was German philosopher Heinrich Blücher, whose teaching made a serious impact on Rosenbaum.〔Rosenbaum, Jonathan. (True Believers. ) ''The Chicago Reader''.〕 After graduate school, he moved to New York and was hired to edit a collection of film criticism, which marked his first foray into the field. Rosenbaum moved to Paris in 1969, working briefly as an assistant to director Jacques Tati and appearing as an extra in Robert Bresson's ''Four Nights of a Dreamer''. While living there, he began writing film and literary criticism for ''The Village Voice'', ''Film Comment'' and ''Sight & Sound''.〔 In 1974, he moved from Paris to London, where he remained until March 1977, when he was offered a two-semester teaching position at the University of California, San Diego by Manny Farber.〔Rosenbaum, Jonathan. (They Drive by Night: The Criticism of Manny Farber. )〕 Farber had been a major influence on Rosenbaum's criticism, but the two had never met until the latter arrived in San Diego.〔 While teaching at UCSD, he shared a house with filmmaker Louis Hock and critic Raymond Durgnat.〔 Towards the end of his teaching stint there, he received a National Endowment for the Arts grant, which led to the writing of his first published book, ''Moving Places''.〔 Rosenbaum then returned to New York, initially sharing an apartment with future ''Philadelphia Inquirer'' critic Carrie Rickey, a former student of Farber's. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jonathan Rosenbaum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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