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Bertrand Blier

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Bertrand Blier

Contributors:

By (Author) Sue Harris

ISBN:

9780719052972

Publisher:

Manchester University Press

Imprint:

Manchester University Press

Publication Date:

9th August 2001

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Biography: arts and entertainment

Dewey:

791.430233092

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

176

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 11mm

Weight:

204g

Description

Sue Harris's reading of the films of Bertrand Blier, the "enfant terrible" of contemporary French filmmaking, is as provocative as some of the works themselves. In a complete study of Blier's work to date, Sue Harris traces the director's career from the early 1960s until the present, outlining the forms, themes and style which dominate in his work, and challenging the many labels that have been used to describe both the corpus of films and the man himself. Sue Harris provides a controversial discussion of Blier's alleged "misogyny", and invites the reader to understand the scatological, corporeal and ludic aspects of Blier's filmmaking in terms of long-established traditions of popular dramatic culture. By bringing to light the comic mechanisms underpinning Blier's films, Sue Harris identifies strategies which allow the student, critic and curious filmgoer to find their way through one of the most entertaining and disconcerting bodies of work of recent years. This lucid discussion of Blier's films will be of interest to students, academics and French film enthusiasts everywhere.

Author Bio

Sue Harris is Lecturer in French at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London

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