ReFocus : the Films of Claire Denis / edited by Peter Sloane.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sloane, Peter, editor.

Series:

Refocus.

ReFocus

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postcolonialism--Africa.

Postcolonialism.

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

Denis, Claire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.) : 45 B/W illustrations 45 b&w images

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Updates and reapplies film theory to French director Claire Denis's films, with a particular focus on her most recent workFeatures essays on all of Denis's fiction and documentaryWorld leading Denis scholarsInnovative readings of Denis in the 21st CenturyReFocus: The Films of Claire Denis comprises 14 original works of criticism from world leading Denis scholars and early career researchers. With contributors from as far afield as Canada and Australia, the collection offers a global perspective on Denis' films. It includes an accessible introduction for those new to Denis studies, providing biographical details, an overview of thematic interests, and a brief survey of the most salient and influential trends in Denis scholarship. The first collection of scholarly essays on Denis, and the first major work of criticism on one of the contemporary period's most influential and renowned directors for almost a decade, ReFocus: The Films of Claire Denis is a timely and important contribution to Denis studies and to transnational cinema studies more broadly.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

List of Contributors

Introduction: Ambiguous Transgressions

1 L'eau Life: The Hydrous and Haptic Cinema of Claire Denis

2 Good Work or Exploitation? Beau travail and 35 rhums and the Fear of Individualism

3 A Thing on a Friday Night: Objects and Desire in Vendredi soir

4 'A lover's hand? A breath, An abyss': Aloneness in Claire Denis

5 Claire Denis, Corporeality and New Weird

6 The Limits of Life: Experimentation, Bodily Consent and Bioethics in Trouble Every Day (2001) and High Life (2018)

7 Trans-generic Dramas of Non-disclosure: Equilibrium, the 'General Viewer' and the Refusal of Meaning in the Films of Clair Denis

8 Writing Female Desire: From Vendredi soir to Avec amour et acharnement

9 In the Cracks: Claire Denis's Cinematic Choreographies

10 Stars and Acting in Claire Denis's Films since 2010

11 Life Imitates Art: The Intimacy of Family in the Work of Claire Denis and Yasujiro Ozu

12 'The Stranger and the Surprise': Hospitality, Community and Coming to Our Senses in Vendredi soir

13 Claire Denis's Beaux Familles

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 09. Dez 2023)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-3995-1122-X