Celine Sciamma
Portraits
Published on 20. October 2021
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-1-4744-4055-4 (ISBN)
Description
Celine Sciamma is the most visible and important feminist, and lesbian, director in contemporary international filmmaking. Her fourth feature, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, competed for the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2019, and intervened directly in debates about the female gaze, sexuality, and specifically how to look at and make a portrait of young women. In her approach to female, non-binary and queer identities, she has focused on the need for agency, binding this imperative into her aesthetic choices and modes of filmmaking. This is the first book-length study of Sciamma's films, focusing on the relationship of her work to the visual arts, and exploring the relevance of feminist theory to her unique perspective.
Reviews / Votes
Emma Wilson brings her keen powers of observation and critique to filmmaker Celine Sciamma's rich explorations of the pain and glory of women's love for other women. Wilson situates Sciamma's films in a wide and varied web of influence, from Ovid to contemporary feminist and queer theory, from Eric Rohmer to Lucrecia Martel, from Nan Goldin to Carrie Mae Weems. Wilson brilliantly demonstrates that Celine Sciamma's achievement is nothing less than a rethinking and reimagining of the cinema in feminist and lesbian terms. -- Judith Mayne, Ohio State University This beautifully written volume on the career of international cinema's most prominent lesbian and feminist filmmaker is every bit as intelligent and stylish as its subject. Comprehensive and accessible, Emma Wilson's book is a joy to read. -- Nick Rees-Roberts, Universite Sorbonne NouvelleMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
16 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
308 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-4055-4 (9781474440554)
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Additional editions
E-Book
10/2021
1st Edition
Edinburgh University Press
€6.99
Available for download
Person
Professor Emma Wilson is Professor of French Literature and the Visual Arts and a fellow of Corpus Christi at the University of Cambridge
Content
List of FiguresAcknowledgements
Portraits
Water Lilies
Tomboy
Girlhood
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
BibliographyFilmographyIndex
Portraits
Water Lilies
Tomboy
Girlhood
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
BibliographyFilmographyIndex