Mathieu Kassovitz is arguably the most important filmmaker to have emerged from French cinema in the past two decades. As a director, his work often engages with highly controversial socio-political issues whilst still managing to attract and connect with a popular audience - and, above all, with a youth audience. He is also one of the few contemporary French filmmakers who is capable of productively engaging with Hollywood, in terms of cinematic style, narrative and genre, yet still retaining his own identity as a French filmmaker. In addition to his directorial successes, Kassovitz has also achieved considerable critical and commercial success in France as a screen actor. His films - whether directed by or acted in, or both - show an astonishing variety, from his early Metisse (1993), his break-through, La Haine (1995) through to Jeunet's Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain (2000), Asterix et Obelix: Mission Cleopatre (2002) and Gothika (2003). Will Higbee's study is the first to explore of one of the most fascinating characters in French cinema.
| ISBN | 071907147X | | Pages | 224 | | ISBN13 | 9780719071478
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Manchester University Press | | Weight (grammes) | 272 | | Imprint | Manchester University Press | | Published in | Manchester | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | French Film Directors | | Publication date | 28 Feb 2007 | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Library of Congress | PN | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 791.430233092 | | Spine width (mm) | 13 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Professional / Scholarly |
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List of plates Series Editors' foreword Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Popular polemicist 2. Social struggles in the popular sphere 3. Postmodern social fables 4. Interfacing with Hollywood 5. Kassovitz: the actor/auteur Conclusion Filmography Select bibliography
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