The New Face of Political Cinema: Commitment in French Film Since 1995 - Brossura

O'Shaughnessy, Martin

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ISBN 10: 1845456734 ISBN 13: 9781845456733

Casa editrice: Berghahn Books, 2009

Riassunto

Since 1995 there has been a widespread return of commitment to French cinema taking it to a level unmatched since the heady days following 1968. But this new wave of political film is very different and urgently calls out for an analysis that will account for its development, its formal characteristics and its originality. This is what this book provides. It engages with leading directors such as Cantet, Tavernier, Dumont, Kassovitz, Zonca and Gu?diguian, takes in a range of less well known but important figures and strays across the Belgian border to engage with the seminal work of the Dardenne brothers. It shows how the works discussed are helping to reinvent political cinema by finding stylistic and narrative strategies adequate to the contemporary context.

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Recensione

"O'Shaughnessy has written a powerful and eloquent polemic for retaining a class analysis of film. Theoretically sophisticated, the book also provides a model of what form that analysis might take, directing us to the signs of resistance which criticism can make politically meaningful." --Cineaste

"His analysis is aptly articulated around influential French theoretical frameworks...It is also usefully informed by the critical debates of Cahiers du cinema and Positif. The book is particularly engaging in its exploration of the strategies mobilized to replace the politics of the past and open up possible future channels." --French Studies

"...a persuasive survey of politics in current French cinema."
--Choice

L'autore

Martin O’Shaughnessy is Reader in French Cultural Studies at Nottingham Trent University. He has written widely on French cinema and is the author of Jean Renoir (Manchester University Press, 2000) and co-editor of Cinéma et engagement (L’Harmattan, 2005).

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• Editore: Berghahn Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1845456734
• ISBN 13: 9781845456733
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 194