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1 online resource (x, 196 pages) : illustrations. |
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Filmography |
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French film directors
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French film directors.
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Includes filmography: pages 179-185. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-188) and index. |
| Contents |
Jacques Demy; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of plates; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction -- 'Un demi, Jacques, bien frais, avec de la mousse': background and early filmmaking; 1. Jacques Demy, the Nouvelle Vague and beyond; 2. Melodic reconfigurations: Demy's musicals; 3. Fantasy and its disenchantments: fairytale, fable and myth in the Demy-monde; 4. Gender and sexuality in the Demy-monde; 5. Mythologising Demy; Concluding remarks; Filmography; Select bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
"Saccharine for some, poignant for others, Jacques Demy's 'enchanted' world is familiar to generations of French audiences accustomed to watching Christmas repeats of his fairytale Peau d'âne (1970) or seeing Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac prance and pirouette in Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1966). Demy achieved international recognition with Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1963), which was awarded the Palme d'Or at Cannes. However, beneath the apparently sugary coating of his films lie more philosophical reflections on some of the most pressing issues that preoccupy Western societies, including affect, subjectivity, self/other relations and free will. This wide-ranging book addresses many of the key aspects of Demy's cinema, including his associations with the New Wave, his unique approach to musicals, his adaptations of fairytales, his representations of gender and sexuality and his legacy as an iconic director for generations of audiences and filmmakers."--JSTOR website (viewed April 13, 2017). |
| Access |
Owing to Legal Deposit regulations this resource may only be accessed from within National Library of Scotland on library computers. For more information contact enquiries@nls.uk. StEdNL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Demy, Jacques.
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Demy, Jacques. |
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Motion picture producers and directors -- France -- Biography.
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Motion picture producers and directors. |
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France. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Waldron, Darren. Jacques Demy. Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2015 (DLC) 2015295738 |
| ISBN |
9781526111357 |
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1526111357 |
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9781526111340 (ePub ebook) |
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1526111349 (ePub ebook) |
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9780719087394 (hardback) |
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0719087392 (hardback) |
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