Louis Malle / Hugo Frey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frey, Hugo.

Series:

French film directors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Malle, Louis, 1932-1995--Criticism and interpretation.

Malle, Louis.

Malle, Louis, 1932-1995.

Motion picture producers and directors--France.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Criticism and interpretation.

France.

Physical Description:

viii, 163 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2004.

Summary:

Hugo Frey introduces Malle's work through a lucid analysis of his many masterpieces, including "Le Feu Follet," "Lacombe Lucien" and "Au Revoir les Enfants." He also traces the director's extended period of work in America, which resulted in powerful films such as "Pretty Baby," "Atlantic City" and "My Dinner with Andrbliogé ." The book focuses on the most challenging aspects of Malle's oeuvre, his aesthetic vision, his youthful attraction to a form of right-wing pessimism, and his 1970s libertarianism. By rethinking Malle's portrayals of Nazi-occupied France, Frey demonstrates that he is of equal importance to contemporary historians as to film studies. This is a nuanced study of an important filmmaker, and a critical intervention in the debates which surround Malle's work.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0719064562

0719064570

OCLC:

56345137