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Cinema and Sensation: French Film and the Art of Transgression

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Description for Cinema and Sensation: French Film and the Art of Transgression Paperback. A study of one of the most intriguing aspects of contemporary French cinema - the cinema of transgression. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 11. Weight in Grams: 322. French Film and the Art of Transgression. 208 pages. A study of one of the most intriguing aspects of contemporary French cinema - the cinema of transgression. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APF. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 11. Weight: 316.
This book looks at a much-debated phenomenon in contemporary cinema: the re-emergence of filmmaking practices (and, by extension, of theoretical approaches) that give precedence to cinema as the medium of the senses. France offers an intriguing case in point here. A specific sense of momentum comes from the release, in close succession, of a series of films that exemplify a characteristic awareness of cinema's sensory impact and transgressive nature: Adieu; A ma soeur; Baise-moi; Beau Travail; La Blessure; La Captive; Dans ma peau; Demonlover; L'Humanite; Flandres; L'Intrus; Les Invisibles; Lady Chatterley; Lecons de tenebres; Romance; Sombre; Tiresia; Trouble Every Day; ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748649365
SKU
V9780748649365
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About Martine Beugnet
Martine Beugnet is Reader in Film Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Reviews for Cinema and Sensation: French Film and the Art of Transgression
Beugnet's book offers a compelling example of how film criticism can operate at the junction between perception and understanding, between embodied response and critical reflection... In its articulation of connections between sensation and transgression, and in its linking of film's affective powers to the urgency of political contexts, Cinema and Sensation presents a rich and timely assessment of contemporary French ... Read more

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