Gesture in French Post-New Wave Cinema
This book examines the aesthetics of gesture in a selection of French post-New Wave films, revealing how cinema can be used to show the impact of social conditioning on the body, especially in the aftermath of May 1968. These filmmakers developed radical cinematic approaches to represent the body, attitudes and postures.
This book examines the aesthetics of gesture in a selection of French post-New Wave films, revealing how cinema can be used to show the impact of social conditioning on the body, especially in the aftermath of May 1968. These filmmakers developed radical cinematic approaches to represent the body, attitudes and postures.
| Autor: | Giraud, François |
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| ISBN: | 9781800796386 |
| Auflage: | 1 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 290 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers |
| Veröffentlicht: | 29.09.2023 |
| Schlagworte: | Aesthetics of gesture in films Azérad Cinema François French French post new wave cinema Gesture attitude and posture in films film performance |
François Giraud is a Teaching Fellow in French and Francophone Studies at the University of Edinburgh, where he currently teaches documentary aesthetics, theories of intermediality as well as French language and culture. He holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. His most recent publications examine the intermedial and gestural aesthetics of major French filmmakers, including Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda and Alain Cavalier.