Claire Denis / Judith Mayne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mayne, Judith.

Series:

Contemporary Film Directors

Contemporary film directors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Denis, Claire, 1946---Criticism and interpretation.

Denis, Claire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2005]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Widely regarded as one of the most innovative and passionate filmmakers working in France today, Claire Denis has continued to make beautiful and challenging films since the 1988 release of her first feature, Chocolat. Judith Mayne's comprehensive study traces Denis's career and discusses her major feature films in rich detail. Born in Paris but raised in West Africa, Denis explores in her films the legacies of French colonialism and the complex relationships between sexuality, gender, and race. From the adult woman who observes her past as a child in Cameroon to the Lithuanian immigrant who arrives in Paris and watches a serial killer to the disgraced French Foreign Legionnaire attempting to make sense of his past, the subjects of Denis's films continually revisit themes of watching, bearing witness, and making contact, as well as displacement, masculinity, and the migratory subject.

Contents:

Border patrols : chocolat and no fear, no die

Strange alchemies : U.S. go

Home and Nénette and Boni

Rhythms of the night : I can't sleep and Beau Travail

Troubles in paradise : trouble every day and Friday night.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Filmography: pages [149]-153.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780252072383

0252072383

9781461958406

1461958407

9780252096396

0252096398

OCLC:

871258151