The films of Luc Besson (eBook, PDF)

Master of spectacle
Redaktion: Hayward, Susan; Powrie, Philip

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This fascinating collection looks at the career and films of Luc Besson, one of the most acclaimed figures in international cinema. Contributions have been assembled from all over the world, and their different approaches reflect this geographical diversity. Films covered range from Besson's first feature, La Dernier Combat, to the international blockbusters The Fifth Element and Joan of Arc. The essays range from looking at costume design to musical scores, and the final chapter offers a transcript of a previously unpublished interview with the man himself.

He is the only French director to have crossed over successfully during the 1990s into the blockbuster spectacular we associate with Hollywood cinema and yet this is only the second book in English on this major international director. The films of Luc Besson will make fascinating reading for anyone interested in the career and films of the 'master of spectacle'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526141811
• Artikelnr.: 60366380

Autorenporträt

Susan Hayward is the Established Chair of French at Exeter University where she is the Director of the Department of Film Studies. Phil Powrie is Professor of French Cultural Studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Susan Hayward and Phil Powrie 1. Three neo
baroque directors
Raphaël Bassan 2. Du côté de Europa, via Asia: the post
Hollywood Besson
Rosanna Maule 3. Musical narration in the films of Luc Besson
Gérard Dastugue 4. Hearing Besson: the music of Eric Serra in the films of Luc Besson
Mark Brownrigg 5. Of suits and men in the films of Luc Besson
Phil Powrie 6. From Rags to Riches: Le Dernier combat and Le Cinquième élément
Susan Hayward 7. The sinking of the self: Freudian hydraulic patterns in Le Grand bleu
Laurent Jullier 8. Imprisoned freedoms: space and identity in Subway and Nikita
Mark Orme 9. Nikita: consumer culture's killer instinct and the imperial imperative
Hilary Ann Radner 10. Léon and the cloacal labyrinth
Phil Powrie 11. Jeanne d'Arc: high epic style and politicising camp
Susan Hayward 12. An unpublished interview with Luc Besson
Gérard Dastugue Filmography Select bibliography