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Considering each of the trilogy films in turn, the authors take a close look at Honoré’s cinematic technique and how it engages with France’s contemporary cultural landscape. With careful attention to the complexity of Honoré’s work, they consider critically contested issues such as the filmmaker’s cinematic strategies for addressing AIDS, the depth of his LGBTQ politics, his representations of death and sexual desire, and the connections between his films and the New Wave. Anchored by a comprehensive interview with the director, the authors incorporate classical and contemporary film theories to offer a range of cinematic interventions for thinking queerly about the noted film author.
Christophe Honoré: A Critical Introduction reconceptualizes the relationship between film theory and queer theory by moving beyond predominant literary and linguistic models, focusing instead on cinematic technique. Students and teachers of queer film will appreciate this thought-provoking volume.
Illustrations | 118 illustrations |
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Pages | 320 |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 |
Date Published | 30 Dec 2015 |
Publisher | Wayne State University Press |
Series | Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series |
Subject/s | History & Archaeology   Social Studies   Art, Photography & Architecture   Politics & Government   Society & culture: general   Literature & literary studies   Cultural studies   Social issues & processes   Media studies   Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge   Individual film directors, film-makers   Feminism & feminist theory   |
Julien Nahmias is a psychiatrist and works at the Institut Paul Sivadon–Association L’Élan Retrouvé, Paris, France. He has written a medical thesis about the cinematic representation of the psychiatrist and has given lectures on the topic of psychiatry and cinema (University of Paris V).