Description
Book SynopsisLooks at Francophone filmmakers - those who are working in the French language. Contains an excellent appraisal of the auteurist concept's meaning and value to Francophone cinema. The five directors are among the most acclaimed contemporary film makers: Olivier Assayas, Jacques Audiard, the Dardenne brothers, Michael Haneke and Francois Ozon.
Trade Review‘It is a thoughtful book that does wave the flag convincingly for arefreshed notion of the auteur. I would be interested to see a 2017revisit.’
Jon Davies, MediaEducation Journal, Issue 62, Winter 2017-18
-- .
Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction - Kate Ince
1 Olivier Assayas and The Cinema af Catastrophe - Paul Sutton
2 Jacques Audiard: Contesting Filiations - Julia Dobson
3 Ethics in The Ruin of Politics: The Dardenne Brothers - Martin O’shaughnessy
4 Close Encounters with Distant Suffering: Michael Haneke’s Disarming Visions - Libby Saxton
5 François Ozon’s Cinema of Desire - Kate Ince
Conclusion - Kate Ince
Filmographies
Index
