The new face of political cinema : commitment in French film since 1995 / Martin O'Shaughnessy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Shaughnessy, Martin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--France--History.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Political aspects--France--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since 1995 there has been a widespread return of commitment to French cinema taking it to a level unmatched since the heady days following 1968. But this new wave of political film is very different and urgently calls out for an analysis that will account for its development, its formal characteristics and its originality. This is what this book provides. It engages with leading directors such as Cantet, Tavernier, Dumont, Kassovitz, Zonca and Guédiguian, takes in a range of less well known but important figures and strays across the Belgian border to engage with the seminal work of the Dar

Contents:

THE NEW FACE OF POLITICAL CINEMA; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. CONTEXTS; 2. DEBATES; 3. A GENEALOGY OF CONTEMPORARYOPPOSITIONAL CINEMA; 4. CLASS IN PIECES; 5. CLASS REASSEMBLED?; 6. AN AESTHETIC OF THE FRAGMENT; 7. MELODRAMATIC POLITICS; 8. ELUSIVE CAPITAL; CONCLUSION; FILMOGRAPHY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 22, 2014).

ISBN:

9780857456908

0857456903

OCLC:

875098868