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9%OFFJudith Mayne - Claire Denis - 9780252072383 - V9780252072383
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Claire Denis

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Description for Claire Denis Paperback. Widely regarded as one of the most innovative and passionate filmmakers working in France today, Claire Denis has continued to make beautiful and challenging films since the 1988 release of her first feature, "Chocolat". The author's comprehensive study of these films traces Denis' career and discusses her major feature films in rich detail. Series: Contemporary Film Directors. Num Pages: 184 pages, 34 photographs. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 209 x 14. Weight in Grams: 264.

Widely regarded as one of the most innovative and passionate filmmakers working in France today, Claire Denis has continued to make beautiful and challenging films since the 1988 release of her first feature, Chocolat. Judith Mayne's comprehensive study traces Denis's career and discusses her major feature films in rich detail. 

Born in Paris but raised in West Africa, Denis explores in her films the legacies of French colonialism and the complex relationships between sexuality, gender, and race. From the adult woman who observes her past as a child in Cameroon to the Lithuanian immigrant who arrives in Paris and watches a serial ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Film Directors
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252072383
SKU
V9780252072383
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About Judith Mayne
Judith Mayne, professor of French and women's studies at the Ohio State University, is the author of six books: Framed: Lesbians, Feminists, and Media Culture; Directed by Dorothy Arzner; Cinema and Spectatorship; The Woman at the Keyhole: Feminism and Women's Cinema; Kino and the Woman Question: Feminism and Soviet Silent Film; and Private Novels, Public Films.  

Reviews for Claire Denis
"Claire Denis is an essential volume on an important director from one of the very top scholars in feminist film criticism. Denis has proven herself to be a key figure in the development of contemporary French cinema beyond its New Wave background and into new directions that explore race, sexuality, desire, postcoloniality, urban life, and everyday culture. This is a ... Read more

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