Mathieu Kassovitz
25th Edition
Published on 25. January 2019
232 pages
978-1-5261-4166-8 (ISBN)
Description
Mathieu Kassovitz is arguably the most important filmmaker to have emerged from French cinema in the past two decades. As a director, his work often engages with highly controversial socio-political issues whilst still managing to attract and connect with a popular audience - and, above all, with a youth audience.
He is also one of the few contemporary French filmmakers who is capable of productively engaging with Hollywood, in terms of cinematic style, narrative and genre, yet still retaining his own identity as a French filmmaker. In addition to his directorial successes, Kassovitz has also achieved considerable critical and commercial success in France as a screen actor.
His films - whether directed by or acted in, or both - show an astonishing variety, from his early Metisse (1993), his break-through, La Haine (1995) through to Jeunet's Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain (2000), Asterix et Obelix: Mission Cleopatre (2002) and Gothika (2003).
Will Higbee's study is the first to explore of one of the most fascinating characters in French cinema. -- .
He is also one of the few contemporary French filmmakers who is capable of productively engaging with Hollywood, in terms of cinematic style, narrative and genre, yet still retaining his own identity as a French filmmaker. In addition to his directorial successes, Kassovitz has also achieved considerable critical and commercial success in France as a screen actor.
His films - whether directed by or acted in, or both - show an astonishing variety, from his early Metisse (1993), his break-through, La Haine (1995) through to Jeunet's Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain (2000), Asterix et Obelix: Mission Cleopatre (2002) and Gothika (2003).
Will Higbee's study is the first to explore of one of the most fascinating characters in French cinema. -- .
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Series
Edition
25
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations, black & white
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-4166-8 (9781526141668)
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Will Higbee
Mathieu Kassovitz
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02/2007
Manchester University Press
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Will Higbee teaches in the School of Modern Languages at the University of Exeter -- .
Content
List of plates
Series Editors' foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Popular polemicist
2. Social struggles in the popular sphere
3. Postmodern social fables
4. Interfacing with Hollywood
5. Kassovitz: the actor/auteur
Conclusion
Filmography
Select bibliography -- .
Series Editors' foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Popular polemicist
2. Social struggles in the popular sphere
3. Postmodern social fables
4. Interfacing with Hollywood
5. Kassovitz: the actor/auteur
Conclusion
Filmography
Select bibliography -- .
