In just over a decade, François Ozon has earned an international reputation as a successful and provocative filmmaker. A student of Eric Rohmer and Jean Douchet at the prestigious Fémis, Ozon made a number of critically acclaimed shorts in the 1990s and released his first feature film Sitcom in 1998. Two additional shorts and eleven feature films have followed, including international successes 8 femmes and Swimming Pool and more recent releases such as Angel, Ricky, and Le refuge. Ozon''s originality lies in his filmmaking style, which draws on familiar cinematic traditions (the crime thriller, the musical, the psychological drama, the comedy, the period piece) but simultaneously mixes these recognizable genres and renders them unfamiliar. Despite tremendous diversity in cinematic choices, Ozon''s oeuvre is surprisingly consistent in its desire to blur the traditional frontiers between the masculine and the feminine, gay and s
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"An elegant, highly readable, and refreshing discussion of François Ozon's career to date. Schilt combines incisive readings of visual and narrative detail with vivid enthusiasm for Ozon's films."--Emma Wilson, author of Atom Egoyan
"A solid and engaging addition to the literature on a director who has become central to studies of contemporary French cinema."--H-France Review
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments ix the fabric of desire 1 Paternal Monsters: Sitcom, Les amants criminels, and 8 femmes 38 Mourning Sickness: Sous le sable, Swimming Pool, and Le temps qui reste 78 Foreign Affairs: Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brulantes, 5 x 2, and Ricky 115 an interview with francois ozon 155 Filmography 169 Bibliography 181 Index 191
