Alain Resnais
1st Edition
Published on 4. January 2019
224 pages
978-1-5261-4114-9 (ISBN)
Description
Alain Resnais, director of 'Hiroshima mon amour' (1959) and 'L'Annee derniere a Marienbad' (1961), has transformed the representation of memory, fantasy and desire in modern cinema. This illuminating introduction to his work, extending from his earliest documentaries to the musical films of the last decade, traces the evolving patterns of his filmmaking, its changing reflections on mortality, guilt, chance and human doubt. Exploring questions of the time-image, of trauma, of the senses, this volume sets Resnais' films in the context of important current debates in film theory, and provides a concise account of critical discussions of his work in France and beyond. Yet it also offers a highly personal and detailed engagement with individual images and scenes in Resnais' films. A passionate and partial defence of Resnais' work, old and new, this volume stands apart in its attention to the more tangible and moving pleasures of his films, their pathos, rigour and visual beauty. -- .
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Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-4114-9 (9781526141149)
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Emma Wilson
Content
- Front matter
- Contents
- List of plates
- Series editors' foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Documentaries 1948-58
- Plates
- Hiroshima mon amour (1959)
- L'Annee derniere a Marienbad (1961)
- Muriel ou le temps d'un retour (1963)
- La Guerre est finie (1966), Je t'aime je t'aime (1968), Stavisky (1974)
- Providence (1977)
- Mon oncle d'Amerique (1980), La Vie est un roman (1983), L'Amour a mort (1984), Melo (1986), I Want to Go Home (1989)
- Smoking/No Smoking (1993), On connait la chanson (1997), Pas sur la bouche (2003)
- Conclusion
- Filmography
- Select bibliography
- Index
