Released in 1995, "La Haine" is the black and white chronicle of 24 hours in the life of a mixed-race young male trio from a run-down Parisian suburb. This book provides an understanding of the context of the film's making, of the film's narrative tension,
Released in 1995, "La Haine" is the black and white chronicle of 24 hours in the life of a mixed-race young male trio from a run-down Parisian suburb....
Patrice Chereau's film "La Reine Margot" presents a theatrical chiaroscuro Renaissance past where struggles for political power are entwined with plots, poisons and the pleasures and perils of the flesh. This Cine-File examines it as part of a cycle of Fre
Patrice Chereau's film "La Reine Margot" presents a theatrical chiaroscuro Renaissance past where struggles for political power are entwined with plot...
"Cleo de 5 a 7" (1962) chronicles, in 'real time', ninety minutes in the life of rising pop singer Cleo Victoire, played by Corinne Marchand. This book follows Cleo's journey, providing an exploration of the film's unusual time structure and of the evocative mise-en-scene, which captures so vividly the Paris of the early 1960s.
"Cleo de 5 a 7" (1962) chronicles, in 'real time', ninety minutes in the life of rising pop singer Cleo Victoire, played by Corinne Marchand. This boo...
"Le Fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain" was the surprise boxoffice success of 2001. This book examines the film's production within the French film industry. It analyzes the issues of genre and narrative that it presents so well, and looks at the film's key scenes, as well as at Jeunet's distinctive visual style and cinematography.
"Le Fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain" was the surprise boxoffice success of 2001. This book examines the film's production within the French film indu...
Of Jean Renoir's La Regle du jeu (1939), Richard Roud noted: ""if France were destroyed tomorrow and nothing remained but this film, the whole country and its civilisation could be reconstructed from it.'"" An extravagant claim, but one that in the view of Keith Reader is justified. In this original, up-to-date, scrupulously documented book on one of the great films of world cinema, Reader focuses on La Regle du jeu in the context of both the time in which it was made and the currents of intertextuality by which it is traversed. He examines sequences from the film itself, its...
Of Jean Renoir's La Regle du jeu (1939), Richard Roud noted: ""if France were destroyed tomorrow and nothing remained but this film, the who...
