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Overview"Of Jean Renoir's ""La Regle du jeu"" (1939), Richard Roud noted: 'if France were destroyed tomorrow and nothing remained but this film, the whole country and its civilization could be reconstructed from it'. This is an extravagant claim, but one that in the view of Keith Reader is justified. In this original, up-to-date, scrupulously documented book on one of the great films of world cinema, Reader focuses on ""La Regle du jeu"" in the context of both the time in which it was made and the currents of intertextuality by which it is traversed. He examines sequences from the film itself, its themes, reception and critical approaches and readings. He also explores its extraordinary subversive charge and its dynamic effect on subsequent generations of filmmakers, including Alain Resnais and Robert Altman. This is the essential companion to ""La Regle du jeu"", demonstrating as it does why this film remains so central to French cinema and to the history of French and indeed European culture." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Keith ReaderPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: I.B. Tauris Dimensions: Width: 13.40cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.181kg ISBN: 9781848850545ISBN 10: 1848850549 Pages: 136 Publication Date: 30 April 2010 Audience: General/trade , General 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 ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationKeith Reader is Professor of Modern French Studies, University of Glasgow. His publications on French cinema include 'Robert Bresson' (2001), 'The Papin Sisters' (with Rachel Edwards, 2001), and 'French Cinema: A Student's Guide' (2003). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |