Author : David Wills
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2000-04-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0521574897
Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot Le Fou by David Wills Pdf
Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le fou (1965), made at the height of the French New Wave, remains a milestone in French cinema. More accessible than his later films, it represents the diverse facets of Godard's concerns and themes: a bittersweet analysis of male-female relations; an interrogation of the image; personal and international politics; the existential dilemmas of consumer society. This volume brings together essays by five prominent scholars of French film. They approach Pierrot le fou from the perspectives of image-and-word-play, aesthetics and politics, history, and high- and popular culture. A full filmography and a selection of reviews are included.