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Music in Contemporary French Cinema: The Crystal-Song
Phil Powrie
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Description for Music in Contemporary French Cinema: The Crystal-Song
hardcover. Num Pages: 255 pages, 30 colour illustrations, 30 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: AP; APF; AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book explores composed scores and pre-existing music in French cinema from 1985 to 2015 so as to identify critical musical moments. It shows how heritage films construct space through music, generating what Powrie calls “third space music,” while also working to contain the strong women characters found in French heritage films through the use of leitmotifs and musical cues. He analyses fiction films in which the protagonists perform at the piano, showing how musical performance supports the performance of gender. Building on aspects of musical performance, and in particular the use of songs performed in films, Powrie uses a ... Read more
This book explores composed scores and pre-existing music in French cinema from 1985 to 2015 so as to identify critical musical moments. It shows how heritage films construct space through music, generating what Powrie calls “third space music,” while also working to contain the strong women characters found in French heritage films through the use of leitmotifs and musical cues. He analyses fiction films in which the protagonists perform at the piano, showing how musical performance supports the performance of gender. Building on aspects of musical performance, and in particular the use of songs performed in films, Powrie uses a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Switzerland
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
Number of Pages
273
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319523613
SKU
V9783319523613
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About Phil Powrie
Phil Powrie is Professor of Cinema Studies at the University of Surrey, UK, Chair of the British Association of Film Television and Screen Studies. He has published widely on French cinema and is the Chief General Editor of the journal Studies in French Cinema.
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