Jacques Demy

by Waldron, Darren

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Title Statements

Full title :Jacques Demy / Darren Waldron.

Summary

"Saccharine for some, poignant for others, Jacques Demy's 'enchanted' world is familiar to generations of French audiences accustomed to watching Christmas repeats of his fairytale Peau d'âne (1970) or seeing Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac prance and pirouette in Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1966). Demy achieved international recognition with Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1963), which was awarded the Palme d'Or at Cannes. However, beneath the apparently sugary coating of his films lie more philosophical reflections on some of the most pressing issues that preoccupy Western societies, including affect, subjectivity, self/other relations and free will. This wide-ranging book addresses many of the key aspects of Demy's cinema, including his associations with the New Wave, his unique approach to musicals, his adaptations of fairytales, his representations of gender and sexuality and his legacy as an iconic director for generations of audiences and filmmakers."--JSTOR website (viewed April 13, 2017).

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Manchester University Press
Place of Publication:Manchester, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (x, 196 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781526111357, 1526111357, 9781526111340, 1526111349
oclc:ocn980828601
LC Classification:PN1998.3.D395
Dewey Decimal:791.43/6559

Jacques Demy; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of plates; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction -- 'Un demi, Jacques, bien frais, avec de la mousse': background and early filmmaking; 1. Jacques Demy, the Nouvelle Vague and beyond; 2. Melodic reconfigurations: Demy's musicals; 3. Fantasy and its disenchantments: fairytale, fable and myth in the Demy-monde; 4. Gender and sexuality in the Demy-monde; 5. Mythologising Demy; Concluding remarks; Filmography; Select bibliography; Index.

Subjects

Biographies BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Entertainm… Demy, Jacques France Motion picture producers and directors Motion picture producers and directors … PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference Producteurs et réalisateurs de cinéma -… Regissörer