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OverviewClaude Chabrol's cinema is generally associated with a specific type of psychological thriller, one set in the French provinces and fascinated with murder, incest, fragmented families, unstable spaces and inscrutable female characters. But Chabrol's films are both deceptively accessible and deeply reflexive, and in this innovative reappraisal of his filmography Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze explores the Chabrol who was influenced by Balzac, Magritte and Stanley Kubrick. Bringing to the fore Chabrol's 'aesthetic of opacity', the book deconstructs the apparent clarity and comfort of his chosen genre, encouraging the viewer to reflect on the relationship between illusion and reality, and the status of the film image itself. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Catherine Dousteyssier-KhozePublisher: Edinburgh University Press Imprint: Edinburgh University Press ISBN: 9780748692606ISBN 10: 0748692606 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 31 August 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsSeven years after his death, this is a timely appraisal of Chabrol's work. Dousteyssier-Khoze shows how Chabrol is more indebted to Balzac than we may have thought. She deftly navigates his serial killers, and shows how Deleuze's crystal-image and Foucault's heterotopia can illuminate Chabrol's manipulation of space and time.--Professor Phil Powrie, University of Surrey Author InformationCatherine Dousteyssier-Khoze is Reader in French at Durham University. She specializes in (19th-century) French literature and French film. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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