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Henri-Georges ClouzotChristopher Lloyd.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2007.Description: 1 online resource (201 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781847791771
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN1998 .H467 2007
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Contents:
Subject: Despite his controversial reputation and international notoriety as a film-maker, no full-length study of Clouzot has ever been published in English. This book offers a significant revaluation of Clouzot?s achievement, situating his career in the wider context of French cinema and society, and providing detailed and clear analysis of his major films (Le Corbeau, Quai des Orfèvres, Le Salaire de la peur, Les Diaboliques, Le Mystère Picasso). Clouzot?s films combine meticulous technical control with sardonic social commentary and the ability to engage and entertain a broad public. Although his f.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction PN1998.3.662 L56 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn818847215

Includes bibliographies and index.

LIST OF PLATES; SERIES EDITORS' FORWARD; ACKNOWLEDEMENTS; 1 Clouzot and the cinema; 2 Occupation and its discontents; 3 Reconstruction and retribution: Clouzot's post-war films; 4 Beyond genre: Le Salaire de la peur; 5 Suspense and surveillance: Les Diaboliques and Les Espions; 6 Filming Picasso and Karajan; 7 The final films; Conclusion; FILMOGRAPHY; SELECT BIBLOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.

Despite his controversial reputation and international notoriety as a film-maker, no full-length study of Clouzot has ever been published in English. This book offers a significant revaluation of Clouzot?s achievement, situating his career in the wider context of French cinema and society, and providing detailed and clear analysis of his major films (Le Corbeau, Quai des Orfèvres, Le Salaire de la peur, Les Diaboliques, Le Mystère Picasso). Clouzot?s films combine meticulous technical control with sardonic social commentary and the ability to engage and entertain a broad public. Although his f.

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