Bertrand Blier

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Bertrand Blier
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Sue Harris
SeriesFrench Film Directors Series
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreIndividual film directors and film-makers
ISBN/Barcode 9780719052972
ClassificationsDewey:791.430233092
Audience
General
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Illustrations, black & white

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 9 August 2001
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Sue Harris's reading of the films of Bertrand Blier, the "enfant terrible" of contemporary French filmmaking, is as provocative as some of the works themselves. In a complete study of Blier's work to date, Sue Harris traces the director's career from the early 1960s until the present, outlining the forms, themes and style which dominate in his work, and challenging the many labels that have been used to describe both the corpus of films and the man himself. Sue Harris provides a controversial discussion of Blier's alleged "misogyny", and invites the reader to understand the scatological, corporeal and ludic aspects of Blier's filmmaking in terms of long-established traditions of popular dramatic culture. By bringing to light the comic mechanisms underpinning Blier's films, Sue Harris identifies strategies which allow the student, critic and curious filmgoer to find their way through one of the most entertaining and disconcerting bodies of work of recent years. This lucid discussion of Blier's films will be of interest to students, academics and French film enthusiasts everywhere.

Author Biography

Sue Harris is Lecturer in French at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London -- .