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Book SynopsisA pioneer of the French New Wave, Louis Malle went on to an acclaimed transatlantic career. This collection of essays reassesses his eclectic and subversive oeuvre to redress the critical neglect it has suffered. The volume features contributions from playwright John Guare and filmmakers Volker Schlöndorff and Wes Anderson.
Trade ReviewIn sum, this volume is as generous to film enthusiasts just coming to Malle’s work as it is to seasoned scholars. Critics and scholars will find a wealth of new biographical and critical detail, as well as new primary sources and an excellent introduction to the current state of debates on Malle and his legacy. Newcomers will gain insight into the wide-ranging talents and interests of this bicultural, bilingual director who successfully navigated the film industries in France and the United States. -- Alison J. Murray Levine * EuropeNow *
The Cinema of Louis Malle: Transatlantic Auteur is a major contribution to the study of a filmmaker who has been critically neglected. As such, it will be a key reference for future analyses of Malle, and we can hope that it will also contribute to a broader renewed interest in the works of this multifaceted and seminal transatlantic auteur. -- Armelle Blin-Rolland, Bangor University * H-France *
An incredible collection of essays and biographical materials, as comprehensive as it is complex. * Film Matters *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Foreword, by Volker Schlöndorff
Introduction, by Philippe Met
Transversal Studies1
. Malle Before Malle, by Guillaume Soulez
2
. The Art of Silence: From Documentary to Fiction, by Caroline Eades
3. No Comment: Direct Cinema in
Humain, trop humain and
Place de la République, by Derek Schilling
4
. Louis Malle’s Nonfiction: Tradition, Rebellion and Authorial Voice, by Alan Williams
5. Louis Malle’s 1960s ‘Star’ Films, by Sue Harris
6. Experimentation and Automation in
Zazie dans le métro and
Black Moon, by Ian Fleishman
7. Louis Malle and ‘His’ Writers (Drieu La Rochelle, Nimier, Modiano) , by Michel Ciment
8
. A Gendered Geography of Death: Louis Malle’s Orphic Voyage, by T. Jefferson Kline
9. The Figure of the Mother in
May Fools,
Au revoir les enfants and
Murmur of the Heart, by Justine Malle
10. Jazz as Counterpoint in
Elevator to the Gallows,
Murmur of the Heart and
Pretty Baby, by Jean-Louis Pautrot
Monographic Essays11
. The Fire Within: Touching, by Elisabeth Cardonne-Arlyck
12.
Le Voleur: (Self-)Portrait of the Filmmaker as a Thief, by Philippe Met
13. Absorbtion and Reflectivity in
Phantom India, by Ludovic Cortade
14. Fog of War:
Lacombe Lucien and Its Afterlives, by Steven Ungar
15. Memory, Friendship and History in
Au revoir les enfants, by Sandy Flitterman-Lewis
16.
Atlantic City: When Sound Meets Utopia, by Francesca Cinelli
17. Between Conversation and Conversion:
My Dinner with André, by Tom Conley
18.
Vanya on 42nd Street: Inventing a Space of Creation, by Sébastien Rongier
InterviewTruth and Poetry: An Interview with John Guare, by Philippe Met
Varia (previously unpublished material)Notes for a Lecture on the Queen Elizabeth 2, by Louis Malle
‘The Loner’: Treatment suggested by H. James’
What Maisie Knew, by Louis Malle (with introduction by Philippe Met)
Afterword, by Wes Anderson
Filmography
Index
