Henri-Georges Clouzot

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Lloyd is Professor of French at Durham University Klappentext Despite his controversial reputation and international notoriety as a film-maker, no full-length study of Clouzot has ever been published in English. This book offers a significant revaluation of Clouzot's achievement, situating his life and work in the wider context of French cinema and society, and providing detailed analysis of his major films. Zusammenfassung Despite his controversial reputation and international notoriety as a film-maker, no full-length study of Clouzot has ever been published in English. This book offers a significant revaluation of Clouzot’s achievement, situating his life and work in the wider context of French cinema and society, and providing detailed analysis of his major films. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Clouzot and the cinema2. Occupation and its discontents3. Reconstruction and retribution: Clouzot's post-war films4. Beyond genre: Le Salaire de la peur5. Suspense and surveillance: Les Diaboliques and Les Espions6. Filming Picasso and Karajan7. The final filmsConclusionIndex

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Lloyd
• Assisted by: Diana Holmes (Editor), Robert Ingram (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781784992866
• ISBN: 978-1-78499-286-6
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: French Film Directors; French Film Directors Series; French Film Directors Mup; French Film Directors Series; French Film Directors
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies