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This complete study of Bertrand Blier's work to date, traces his career from the early 1960s until the present, outlining the forms, themes and style which dominate in his work, and challenging the many labels that have been used to describe both the corpus of films and the man himself.

Table of Contents

List of Plates
Series Editors' Foreward
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. 'L'impossible Monsieur B.B…'
2. A Cinema of the Absurd
3. Festive Madness: the carnival as structuring motif
4. Bending gender
5. A farewell to arms: Blier's 'second career'
Conclusion
Filmography
Select bibliography
Index

Bertrand Blier French Film Directors Series

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 8/9/2001 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719052972, 978-0719052972
      ISBN10: 0719052971

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This complete study of Bertrand Blier's work to date, traces his career from the early 1960s until the present, outlining the forms, themes and style which dominate in his work, and challenging the many labels that have been used to describe both the corpus of films and the man himself.

      Table of Contents

      List of Plates
      Series Editors' Foreward
      Acknowledgements
      Introduction
      1. 'L'impossible Monsieur B.B…'
      2. A Cinema of the Absurd
      3. Festive Madness: the carnival as structuring motif
      4. Bending gender
      5. A farewell to arms: Blier's 'second career'
      Conclusion
      Filmography
      Select bibliography
      Index

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