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A study of the "enfant terrible" of French cinema. The ingredients and influences of Carax's films (including "Les Amants du Pont Neuf" and "Pola X") are examined: Paris, pop music, flanerie, amour fou, mannerist and neo-baroque aesthetics, "Nouvelle Vague" and contemporary naturalist cinema.

Table of Contents

List of plates
Series editors' foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Genesis of Carax's system
1. A pierrot apart; 'Boy Meets Girl' (1984), 'Mauvais Sang' (1986) and the nouvelle vague inheritance
2. 'Feux d'artifice:'Les Amants du Pont-Neuf'' (1991) and the spectacle of vagrancy
3. Carax's ambiguities: 'Pola X' (1999), naturalism, Melville
Filmography
Bibliography
Inde

Leos Carax French Film Directors Series

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 10/23/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719063152, 978-0719063152
      ISBN10: 0719063159

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A study of the "enfant terrible" of French cinema. The ingredients and influences of Carax's films (including "Les Amants du Pont Neuf" and "Pola X") are examined: Paris, pop music, flanerie, amour fou, mannerist and neo-baroque aesthetics, "Nouvelle Vague" and contemporary naturalist cinema.

      Table of Contents

      List of plates
      Series editors' foreword
      Acknowledgements
      Introduction: Genesis of Carax's system
      1. A pierrot apart; 'Boy Meets Girl' (1984), 'Mauvais Sang' (1986) and the nouvelle vague inheritance
      2. 'Feux d'artifice:'Les Amants du Pont-Neuf'' (1991) and the spectacle of vagrancy
      3. Carax's ambiguities: 'Pola X' (1999), naturalism, Melville
      Filmography
      Bibliography
      Inde

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