Williams Space and being in contemporary French cinema

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-5261-0221-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 257 Seiten

This book brings together five French directors who have established themselves as among the most exciting working today: Bruno Dumont, Robert Guédiguian, Laurent Cantet, Abdellatif Kechiche, and Claire Denis. It explores their unique strategies of representation and framing that reflect a profound investment in the geophysical world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williams, James S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: Making Space
1. Space, Cinema, Being
i. Space in Cinema
ii. Space in Modern French Thought
iii. The Space of the Cinematic Subject
iv. Space and Place in French Cinema: A Tradition
v. Space and Being in Contemporary French Cinema
2. Topographies of Being: Space, Sensation, and Spectatorship in the Films of Bruno Dumont
3. Requiem for a City: the Symbolics of Space in the Cinema of Robert Guédiguian
4. Heading Nowhere: Framing Space and Social Exclusion in the Films of Laurent Cantet
5. Re-siting the Republic: Abdellatif Kechiche and the Politics of Reappropriation and Renewal
6. Beyond the Other: Grafting Space and Human Relations in the Trans-cinema of Claire Denis
7. In Lieu of a Conclusion
Bibliography
Select Filmography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

James S. Williams is Professor of Modern French Literature and Film at Royal Holloway, University of London