Overview

Jean Pierre Lefebvre is as innovative a filmmaker in his own culture as Jean-Luc Godard is in his. From the '60s to the '80s, his films confirmed the sense of an emerging national cinema in Quebec and were much celebrated at international film festivals. Lefebvre's Il ne faut pas mourir pour ca (1966) was the first Canadian film ever shown at Cannes; Les Dernieres Fiancailles (1973) won the top European Catholic Prize in 1974; and Les Fleurs sauvages (1982) received the International Critics' Prize at the Cannes film festival in 1983. More recently, Lefebvre has explored the creative potential of video as a visual medium. In Jean Pierre Lefebvre: Videaste, Peter Harcourt provides an overview of Lefebvre's films and an incisive consideration of his five-part video project L'Age des images (1993-95). Two essays by Lefebvre and a recent interview with him round out this timely look at a director of great distinction and emotive power.

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Author:   Peter Harcourt
Publisher:   Toronto International Film Festival
Imprint:   Toronto International Film Festival
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.164kg
ISBN:  

9780968913208

ISBN 10:   0968913202
Pages:   104
Publication Date:   30 September 2001
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
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Table of Contents

Preface 1. Snapshots from Quebec, Jean Pierre Lefebvre 2. The Music of Light: The Video Work of Jean Pierre Lefebvre, Peter Harcourt 3. A Conversation with Jean Pierre Lefebvre, Peter Harcourt 4. The Concept of National Cinema, Jean Pierre Lefebvre 5. Filmography, Robin McDonald Selected Bibliography Acknowledgements Text Sources Illustration Sources

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"""Solid, scholarly and informative."" -- The Toronto Star"

Solid, scholarly and informative. -The Toronto Star

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Peter Harcourt is the author of Six European Directors: Speculations on the Meaning of Film Style.

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