Waldron Jacques Demy

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-5261-1135-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

Reihe: French Film Directors Series

This wide-ranging book addresses many of the key aspects of Demy's cinema, including his associations with the New Wave, his unique approach to musicals, his adaptations of fairytales, his representations of gender and sexuality and his legacy as an iconic director for generations of audiences and filmmakers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Waldron, Darren

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Einzelne Filmschauspieler, Filmregisseure, Drehbuchautoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: ‘Un demi, Jacques, bien frais, avec de la mousse’: background and early filmmaking

1. Jacques Demy, the Nouvelle Vague and beyond
2. Melodic reconfigurations: Demy’s musicals
3. Fantasy and its disenchantments: fairytale, fable and myth in the Demy-monde
4. Gender and sexuality in the Demy-monde
5. Mythologising Demy

Concluding remarks
Filmography
Select bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Waldron Darren:
Darren Waldron is Senior Lecturer in French Screen Studies at the University of ManchesterDarren Waldron is Senior Lecturer in French Screen Studies at the University of Manchester