French Cinema in the 1980s
Nostalgia and the Crisis of Masculinity
Seiten
1997
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-871118-6 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-871118-6 (ISBN)
This set of critical essays traces the history of French film in the 80s. Focusing on the theme of the crisis of masculinity in contemporary French culture, and its interrelationship with nostalgia, the crisis in the French film industry is also discussed, and specific films examined in detail.
French Cinema in the 1980s is a set of critical essays on films which help to focus on a particular theme whose roots are in the 1970s, and which extends beyond the 1980s into the 1990s: the crisis of masculinity in contemporary French culture, and its interrelationship with nostalgia.
After an introduction which gives a brief overview both of the crisis in the French film industry during the 1980s, and of the socio-political crisis of masculinity in the wake of 1970s feminism, there are three sections: the retro-nostalgic film, which emerged during the 1980s, and two more popular genres, the polar, or police thriller, and the comic film. Each section begins with a brief preface which highlights the major issues for the genre during the 1980s.
The films discussed have all been distributed outside France, and are in many cases commercially available. The nostalgia section covers Un amour de Swann, Un dimanche à la campagne, Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources, and Coup de foudre. The section on the police thriller begins with Truffaut's last film, Vivement dimanche!, and includes a chapter on three thrillers by a variety of directors (La Balance, Police, Détective). Its main focus, however, is on thrillers by the directors of the cinéma du look (Diva, Subway, Mauvais sang). The last section on the comic film looks at three films which were successful both in France and abroad: Trois hommes et un couffin (remade in Hollywood as Three Men and a Baby), La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille and, finally, Depardieu's gamble at cross-dressing, Tenue de soirée.
French Cinema in the 1980s is a set of critical essays on films which help to focus on a particular theme whose roots are in the 1970s, and which extends beyond the 1980s into the 1990s: the crisis of masculinity in contemporary French culture, and its interrelationship with nostalgia.
After an introduction which gives a brief overview both of the crisis in the French film industry during the 1980s, and of the socio-political crisis of masculinity in the wake of 1970s feminism, there are three sections: the retro-nostalgic film, which emerged during the 1980s, and two more popular genres, the polar, or police thriller, and the comic film. Each section begins with a brief preface which highlights the major issues for the genre during the 1980s.
The films discussed have all been distributed outside France, and are in many cases commercially available. The nostalgia section covers Un amour de Swann, Un dimanche à la campagne, Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources, and Coup de foudre. The section on the police thriller begins with Truffaut's last film, Vivement dimanche!, and includes a chapter on three thrillers by a variety of directors (La Balance, Police, Détective). Its main focus, however, is on thrillers by the directors of the cinéma du look (Diva, Subway, Mauvais sang). The last section on the comic film looks at three films which were successful both in France and abroad: Trois hommes et un couffin (remade in Hollywood as Three Men and a Baby), La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille and, finally, Depardieu's gamble at cross-dressing, Tenue de soirée.
Preface ; Introduction ; The Nostalgia Film ; Un amour de Swann: nostalgia and sexuality ; Un dimanche a la campagne: nostalgia, painting, and depressive masochism ; Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources: nostalgia and hysteria ; Coup de foudre: nostalgia and lesbianism ; Vivement dimanche! or how to take away with one hand what you give with the other ; A Fistful of Polars: chronicles of discomfiture ; Diva's Deluxe Disasters ; Subway: identity and inarticulacy ; Mauvais sang: the flight of the female ; The comic film ; Trois hommes et un couffin: hysterical homoeroticism ; La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille: fallen angels and men overboard ; Tenue de soiree: the 'suffering macho' ; Conclusion ; Filmography ; Bibliography ; Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.11.1997 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 8 pp halftones, tables |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 143 x 224 mm |
| Gewicht | 458 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-871118-2 / 0198711182 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-871118-6 / 9780198711186 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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