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Le Corbeau: French Film Guide
Judith Mayne
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Description for Le Corbeau: French Film Guide
Paperback. One of the greatest contributions to the art of French cinema, "Le Corbeau" (1943) tells the story of a small town inundated by letters from an anonymous sender operating under the curious name of 'Le Corbeau' - the raven. This book situates this film as a product of the French Occupation and as the emblematic film of French World War II cinema. Series: Cine-File French Film Guides. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
One of the greatest contributions to the art of French cinema, Henri-Georges Clouzot's "Le Corbeau" (1943) tells the story of a small town inundated by letters from an anonymous sender operating under the curious name of 'Le Corbeau' - the raven. An enigmatic exploration of assumptions about gender, sexuality and authority, it is also a riveting mystery film whose key remains the question: who is the Corbeau? Seen by some as the ultimate collaborationist film and by others as a brilliant meditation on complicity and evil, "Le Corbeau" is situated by Mayne as a product of the French Occupation and ... Read more
One of the greatest contributions to the art of French cinema, Henri-Georges Clouzot's "Le Corbeau" (1943) tells the story of a small town inundated by letters from an anonymous sender operating under the curious name of 'Le Corbeau' - the raven. An enigmatic exploration of assumptions about gender, sexuality and authority, it is also a riveting mystery film whose key remains the question: who is the Corbeau? Seen by some as the ultimate collaborationist film and by others as a brilliant meditation on complicity and evil, "Le Corbeau" is situated by Mayne as a product of the French Occupation and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Cine-File French Film Guides
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845113704
SKU
V9781845113704
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About Judith Mayne
Judith Mayne is Distinguished Humanities Professor and Professor of French at Ohio State University. She is the author of numerous books including Claire Denis and Framed: Lesbians, Feminists, and Media Culture.
Reviews for Le Corbeau: French Film Guide
'Ginette Vincendeau has assembled an elite corps of film scholars to address a marvelous array of modern and classic French films with the close-up scrutiny they deserve.' -Dudley AndrewSIGHT AND SOUNDTheir prose is clear, lucid, accessible and refreshingly free from jargon...Students should find these books extremely useful and even readers who already know the films well will discover new ... Read more