Jacques Audiard
1st Edition
Published on 15. June 2021
200 pages
978-1-5261-3302-1 (ISBN)
Description
Fragile yet powerful, macho yet transgressive, Jacques Audiard's films portray disabled, marginalised or otherwise non-normative bodies in constant states of crisis and transformation. Jacques Audiard is the first book on the cinema of one of the most important French directors working today. It studies his screenwriting background, his collaborative practices and his use of genre motifs alongside his reputation as a celebrated French auteur. Using the motif of border-crossing - both physical and symbolic - the book explores how Audiard's films construct and transcend boundaries of many forms. Focusing on the representation of the physical body, French society and broader transnational contexts, it reveals how Audiard's cinema occupies a space both within and beyond the imaginary of French cinema. -- .
Reviews / Votes
'Well-argued and with an extensive scholarly apparatus of appendices and a well-researched bibliography, this is an excellent study of an approachable and critically acclaimed director which will be useful to film scholars and in the classroom.'F. J. Handyside, French Studies
'King's insistent prose matches the confrontational intensity of Audiard's films, while her analysis methodically delineates her understanding of Audiard as an inherently paradoxical creator...'
Marina Massidda, Bright Lights Film Journal -- .
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
16 black & white illustrations
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-3302-1 (9781526133021)
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Gemma King is Senior Lecturer in French Studies at the Australian National University -- .
Content
Introduction
1 Body: physical boundaries (De battre mon coeur s'est arrete, Sur mes levres and De rouille et d'os)
2 Society: cultural barriers (Regarde les hommes tomber, Un prophete and Un heros tres discret)
3 Globe: national borders (Dheepan and Les Freres Sisters)
Conclusion
Index -- .
1 Body: physical boundaries (De battre mon coeur s'est arrete, Sur mes levres and De rouille et d'os)
2 Society: cultural barriers (Regarde les hommes tomber, Un prophete and Un heros tres discret)
3 Globe: national borders (Dheepan and Les Freres Sisters)
Conclusion
Index -- .
