Catherine Breillat

Informationen zum Autor Douglas Keesey is Professor of Film and Literature at California Polytechnic State University Klappentext This is the first English-language book on controversial female director Catherine Breillat, whose films include Romance, A ma soeur! (Fat Girl), Anatomy of Hell and most recently, The Last Mistress. This volume explores the director's complex relation to religion and to feminism, and it examines the differences between Breillat's films and patriarchal pornography, engaging in detailed analysis of her intimate scenes between men and women. Keesey also discusses the literature, films, paintings and photos that have influenced Breillat's work, and extends this to show how Breillat's films have influenced other filmmakers and artists in turn.A lively and accessible introduction, this book will appeal to students and researchers, as well as all those with an interest in gender studies, French film and contemporary cinema. Zusammenfassung The first full-length monograph in English devoted to one of the most acclaimed and controversial directors in contemporary cinema -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis List of platesSeries editors' forewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Female virgins and the shaming gaze2. Sisters as one soul in two bodies3. Masculine tendencies and macho violence4. Staging masochism, facing shameConclusionFilmographySelect bibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Douglas Keesey, Keesey Douglas
• Assisted by: Diana Holmes (Editor), Robert Ingram (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2009
• EAN: 9780719075308
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-7530-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: French Film Directors; French Film Directors Series; French Film Directors (Hardcov; French Film Directors Series; French Film Directors
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director