Les Diaboliques. Susan Hayward - Couverture souple

Hayward, Susan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845111028 ISBN 13 : 9781845111021

Editeur : I.B. Tauris, 2005

Synopsis

Hugely enjoyable and exciting, long awaited book by top world authority on French cinema. This is the first book to focus on this very contemporary film. Les Diaboliques" is often shown and is easily available on DVD and video "Les Diaboliques" was a top grossing film in 1955. Clouzot shrouded his film in mystery and also radically changed the original story of the novel, heterosexualising the original lesbian plot. "Les Diaboliques" still intrigues perhaps due to its excessive ambiguities and numerous plot twists that make it a 'film noir' to end all 'films noir', and not least the great performance of Simone Signoret. In this enjoyable and challenging "Cine-File", Hayward sets "Les Diaboliques" against the political culture of its time and demonstrates the importance of Clouzot as a master of the thriller genre. She gives an illuminating in-depth textual analysis of the film and presents a comparison with its US remake."

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Susan Hayward is Professor of French at the University of Exeter. She is the author of Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts (2000) and co-editor of French Film: Texts and Contexts (2000).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: I.B. Tauris
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845111028
• ISBN 13: 9781845111021
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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