Louis Malle

by Frey, Hugo

• ISBN13: 9780719064579
• ISBN10: 0719064570
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-26
• Publisher: Manchester University Press

Summary

Hugo Frey introduces Malle's work through a lucid analysis of his many masterpieces, includingLe Feu Follet,Lacombe LucienandAu Revoir les Enfants. He also traces the director's extended period of work in America, which resulted in powerful films such asPretty Baby,Atlantic CityandMy Dinner with Andrbliogeacute;. The book focuses on the most challenging aspects of Malle's oeuvre, his aesthetic vision, his youthful attraction to a form of right-wing pessimism, and his 1970s libertarianism. By rethinking Malle's portrayals of Nazi-occupied France, Frey demonstrates that he is of equal importance to contemporary historians as to film studies. This is a nuanced study of an important filmmaker, and a critical intervention in the debates which surround Malle's work.

Author Biography

Hugo Frey is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary History at University College Chichester.

Table of Contents

LIST OF PLATES	vi
SERIES EDITORS' FOREWORD	vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	ix
1 In the eye of the storm	1	(37)
2 Aesthetic vision	38	(26)
3 Active pessimism and the politics of the 1950's	64	(26)
4 Matte's histories	90	(25)
5 Primal scenes	115	(27)
6 Conclusion	142	(3)
FILMOGRAPHY	145	(7)
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY	152	(4)
INDEX	156