Claude Chabrol's Aesthetics of Opacity Paperback / softback

Edited by Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze

Part of the Critical Connections series

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The first critical appraisal of Chabrol's oeuvre as a whole (from 1958 to 2009) Claude 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. Key features Uncovers new influences on Chabrol, including Balzac, Magritte and KubrickOffers original insights into Chabrol's most famous film, Le BoucherAnalyses some of Chabrol's latest, little studied films (La Fleur du mal, La Demoiselle d'honneur, La Fille coupee en deux and Bellamy)Engages with Foucault's concept of heterotopia and Deleuze's 'crystal-image'Surveys Chabrol's influence and legacy on the contemporary French thriller

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Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:368 pages, 4 B/W tables 1 B/W line art
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Publication Date:31/08/2017
Category:
- Individual film directors, film-makers
ISBN:9780748692606

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