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OverviewWith films like Les Amants and Le Souffle au cœur, Atlantic City and Au Revoir les enfants, French writer-director Louis Malle compiled a remarkable 40-year career, creating thirty acclaimed features and documentaries. Despite this success, Malle's work has not received the critical attention it is due--largely because for nearly thirty years, several of his films remained unavailable to the public. This is the first book-length critical study of Malle's entire oeuvre, covering The Silent World (1956) through Vanya on 42nd Street (1994). Here, Malle's work is approached non-theoretically on a film-by-film basis; each motion picture is examined as an individualistic, self-referential exploration of its own subjects and themes, with form and style relative to content. The darker, more provocative side of Malle's films is also explored, and the director's need to challenge his audiences ethically is addressed. Film analyses are supplemented by interviews with those who have worked with Malle. A bibliography of major American, French and British books and articles on Malle is included, as is a Malle filmography, including cast and crew information, running times, years of release, production company data and a list of awards and award nominations for each film. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nathan C. Southern , Jacques Weissgerber , Heather McBrierPublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.726kg ISBN: 9780786464401ISBN 10: 0786464402 Pages: 422 Publication Date: 28 June 2011 Recommended Age: From 18 years 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 ContentsTable of Contents Foreword: Louis Malle, the Elusive One by Jean-Claude Carrière Preface Introduction: Louis Malle—Mainstream Iconoclast 1. Le Monde du silence (The Silent World)—1956 Plunging Through the Fourth Wall 2. Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Elevator to the Gallows)—1957 The Illusions of a Romantic 3. Les Amants (The Lovers)—1958 Restoration of the Sacred 4. Zazie dans le métro (Zazie)—1960 The World as Carnival 5. Vie privée (A Very Private Affair)—1961 The Myth of Emptiness 6. Le Feu follet (The Fire Within)—1963 Falling into the Gray Void 7. Viva Maria—1965 Only a Paper Moon 8. Le Voleur (The Thief of Paris)—1967 Deflected Emotion and the Art of Memory 9. Calcutta and Phantom India (L'Inde fantôme)—1968-1969 The Universe Through a Looking Glass 10. Le Sou·e au coeur (Murmur of the Heart)—1971 East Meets West 11. Humain, trop humain and Place de la République—1972 (released 1974) On the Road Again 12. Lacombe, Lucien—1974 The Politics of Detachment 13. Black Moon—1975 Timeless, Placeless, Senseless 14. Pretty Baby (La Petite)—1978 A Tainted World Through Innocent Eyes 15. Atlantic City—1980 Dreams and Visions of Self 16. My Dinner with André—1981 Notes on Generativity 17. Crackers—1984 More Than He Needed or Wanted 18. Alamo Bay—1985 The Weight of the Unfamiliar 19. God’s Country (Le Pays de dieu)—1985 / And the Pursuit of Happiness (La Poursuite du bonheur)—1986 The Well-Rooted and the Transient 20. Au revoir les enfants (Goodbye, Children)—1987 Revisiting Old Haunts 21. Milou en mai (May Fools)—1990 Collective Mythmaking 22. Damage (Fatale)—1992 Double Standards 23. Vanya on 42nd Street—1994 The Process of Becoming 24. Vive le tour (Twist encore)—1962 / Bons Baisers de Bangkok (Love and Kisses from Bangkok)—1964 / “William Wilson” (From Histoires extraordinaires)—1969 Brief Encounters: Three Malle Shorts Appendix A: Lost Horizons-Selected Unfinished Malle Projects, 1949–1994 by Stéphanie Grégoire Appendix B: Filmography Notes Select Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationA former film and television story editor and Boston University graduate, Nathan C. Southern now freelances as a writer. He lives in Chicago, Illinois. Jacques Weissgerber lives in Brookline, Massachusetts. Heather McBrier lives in Erie, Pennsylvania. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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