The Body in Jean-Luc Godard's New Wave Films

ISBN-13: 9781032232034 / Twarda / 2023 / 120 str.

Francesca Minnie Hardy

Opis

This original study examines the representation of the body in French New Wave films through discussion of a series of films by Jean-Luc Godard, perhaps the central figure of the French New Wave.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. The art cinema body in theory  3. Lingering in the men’s room  4. Of aliens and alter egos  5. Of bathroom sinks and the streets below  6. Of wigs and fig leaves  7. Of totalitarianism and toilet doors  8. Conclusion

O autorze

Francesca Minnie Hardy is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television at Nottingham Trent University. Her research explores the body’s relationship to cinema, both on- and off-screen. Her first monograph, titled Vital Resonances: Encountering film with Varda, Haneke and Nancy, was published in 2021 by Edinburgh University Press.