Beyond auteurism : new directions in authorial film practices in France, Italy and Spain since the 1980s / Rosanna Maule.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maule, Rosanna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Europe.

Motion pictures.

Auteur theory (Motion pictures).

Motion pictures--Production and direction--France.

Motion pictures--Production and direction--Italy.

Motion pictures--Production and direction--Spain.

Motion picture producers and directors--Europe.

Cinematography--Europe.

Cinematography.

Physical Description:

294 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

New directions in authorial film practices in France, Italy and Spain since the 1980s

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Chicago, USA : Intellect, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Beyond Auteurism is a comprehensive study of nine film authors from France, Italy and Spain who since the 1980's have blurred the boundaries between art-house and mainstream, and national and transnational film production. Maule examines how the individuals have maintained a dialectical relationship with the authorial tradition of the national cinema to which each belongs. In considering this tradition, Maule seeks to illustrate that the film author is not only the most important symbol of European cinema's cultural tradition and commitment, but is also a crucial part of Europe's efforts to...

Contents:

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: The 'Death of Cinema' and the Institutionalization of the Author; Chapter 1: The Film Author and the Survival of European Cinema; Chapter 2: The Middle Generation: Maurice Pialat, Gianni Amelio, and Víctor Erice; Chapter 3: The Difficult Legacy of the Nouvelle Vague: Olivier Assayas and French Film Authors at the End of Auteurism; Part Two: The Film Author in the New Audio-visual System

Chapter 4: For an Impure Cinema: Gabriele Salvatores and the Hybrid Nature of Film Authorship in Contemporary Italian Cinema Chapter 5: A Different Type of Cinephilia: Alejandro Amenábar and the New Generation of Spanish Film Authors; Chapter 6: Made in Europa: Luc Besson and the Question of Cultural Exception in Post-auteur France; Part Three: The Female Author in the Era of Post-feminism; Chapter 7: Auteurism and Women's Cinema in France, Italy and Spain; Chapter 8: Female Authors and Gendered Identity in Film: Claire Denis's Post-subjective Representation

Chapter 9: Feminine Matters: Francesca Archibugi and the Reconfiguration of Women in the Private Sphere Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611786045

1841502049 (hbk.)

9781281786043

1281786047

9781841502557

1841502553

OCLC:

437224603