{"product_id":"the-films-of-denys-arcand-global-film-directors-9780813598871","title":"The Films of Denys Arcand Global Film Directors","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDenys Arcand has been making films in Quebec for nearly sixty years. \u003ci\u003eThe Films of Denys Arcand\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates his films in the context of the massive changes in Quebec society during that period. It explores the work of a major director who has achieved international success and some key issues in film studies and Canadian studies.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jim Leach knows Quebec cinema incredibly well, and this book is a terrific introduction to that tradition through one of its most important filmmakers. The close analyses of Arcand's documentaries are especially welcome. Readers who know Arcand's feature films since \u003ci\u003eThe Decline of the American Empire\u003c\/i\u003e will also learn a great deal about those films as well as Arcand's overall feature-film corpus, which goes back to the early 1970's.\" -- Jerry White * editor of The Cinema of Canada *\u003cbr\u003e\"Jim Leach proves a sure-footed guide to an enigmatic filmmaker whose long career 'has spanned the entire history of modern Quebec cinema.' The detailed treatment of every entry in Arcand’s eclectic filmography contextualizes each work according to genre, production history, and moment in time. Leach’s book is especially strong in its consideration of Arcand’s films in relation to the culture and politics of Quebec, and in the ways the films cite, reflect, and comment on each other.\" -- David Pike * author of Canadian Cinema since the 1980s: At the Heart of the World *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a clear and comprehensive introduction to the texts and contexts of one of Quebec and Canada's leading film directors, bringing out his significance via insightful readings of his works in terms of both their national and international dimensions.\" -- William Marshall * author of Quebec National Cinema *\u003cbr\u003e\"Skilfully presented by Leach who then goes on to examine Arcand’s films chronologically from his time at the National Film Board, where his documentary work proved at times too challenging for his paymasters....Leach is a perceptive and sympathetic critic.\" * British Journal of Canadian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"Leach knows how to work through the tangle of Quebec film criticism—a must with a much-debated director like Arcand— and he acts as a judicious mediator for the anglophone academic reader.\" * Canadian Journal of Film Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations                                                                                                    \u003cbr\u003e Foreword                                                                                                                   \u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Denys of Quebec                                                                                 \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Alone or with others: Arcand and the Quiet Revolution                   \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Subjective documentaries: Arcand at the NFB                                \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Dirty money: Arcand's crime films                                                  \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Fall and rise: Arcand and the American empire                               \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Of beauty and death in the digital epoch                                          \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Living in the shadows: Arcand and contemporary Quebec              \u003cbr\u003e Filmography                                                                                                               \u003cbr\u003e Works cited                                                                                                              \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405802938711,"sku":"9780813598871","price":105.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813598871.jpg?v=1730493674","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-films-of-denys-arcand-global-film-directors-9780813598871","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}