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Luc Besson is considered one of the hottest international properties to emerge from the new wave of French film directors in the 1980s. This is a study of Besson's film-making career to date, placing the films within their socio-historical and political context.

Table of Contents

1. Luc Besson the emerging filmmaker
2. Besson in context
3. Violence as performance
4. Constructing subjectivity in the absence of the father and the mother
Afterword

Luc Besson French Film Directors Series

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 1/29/1998 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719050763, 978-0719050763
      ISBN10: 0719050766

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Luc Besson is considered one of the hottest international properties to emerge from the new wave of French film directors in the 1980s. This is a study of Besson's film-making career to date, placing the films within their socio-historical and political context.

      Table of Contents

      1. Luc Besson the emerging filmmaker
      2. Besson in context
      3. Violence as performance
      4. Constructing subjectivity in the absence of the father and the mother
      Afterword

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