ReFocus: The Films of Francis Veber

Keith Corson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2021
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-2949-8 (ISBN)

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Few directors have played such a prominent role as Francis Veber in shaping the cinematic identity of France over the past forty years, yet in many ways his chosen genre of comedy has relegated his work to the margins of Film Studies. Using an auterist lens to challenge the notions of taste, genre and aesthetics that are commonly used to form the cinematic canon, this book explores the twelve films Veber directed between 1976 and 2008. These include Le Jouet (1976), Les fugitifs (1986) and L’emmerdeur (2008).
Considering also Veber’s extensive work as a playwright, theatre director and screenwriter – as well as the numerous remakes and adaptations of his films in Hollywood – author Keith Corson focuses on issues of class, labour and politics to examine the ways in which Veber embeds serious social critiques in his mainstream films.

Keith Corson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Film, Theatre and Creative Writing at the University of Central Arkansas. He is the author of Trying to Get Over: African American Directors After Blaxploitation, 1977-1986 and has published numerous journal articles and book chapters relating to film, identity and media industries.

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Francis Veber and the Canon

Chapter 2: Toy Story: Le Jouet (1976)

Chapter 3: Mexican Holiday: La chèvre (1981)

Chapter 4: The Road to Fatherhood: Les compères (1983)

Chapter 5: The Great Escape: Les fugitifs (1986)

Chapter 6: Francis Goes to Hollywood: Three Fugitives (1989)

Chapter 7: A Parisian in America: Out on a Limb (1992)

Chapter 8: Rainforest Redemption: Le Jaguar (1996)

Chapter 9: The Art of Canned Theatre: Le dîner de cons (1998)

Chapter 10: Closet Conservatives: Le placard (2001)

Chapter 11: Repetition and Revision: Tais-toi! (2003)

Chapter 12: Modern Times: La doublure (2006)

Chapter 13: The Last Picture Show: L’emmerdeur (2008)

Conclusion

Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	24.02.2021
Reihe/Serie	ReFocus: The International Directors Series
Zusatzinfo	15 black and white illustrations
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	278 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4744-2949-1 / 1474429491
ISBN-13	978-1-4744-2949-8 / 9781474429498
Zustand	Neuware