This is the first book on Jean-Pierre Jeunet; the popular and critically acclaimed director of films such as Ameacute;lie; Delicatessen; A Very Long Engagement; Alien Resurrection; and City of Lost Children. Jeunets work exemplifies Europes engagement with Hollywood; while at the same time making him a figurehead of the critically overlooked; specifically French tradition of the cinema of the fantastic.Having garnered both commercial success and critical esteem in genres such as science fiction; fantasy; romantic comedy; and the war epic; Jeunets work nevertheless engages with key aspects of French history and contemporary French culture. This study analyzes the directors major films; including those he made with Marc Caro; and his early short works. Elizabeth Ezra brings a new perspective to the study of Jeunets work; uncovering instances of repressed historical trauma involving Frances role in Algeria and the Second World War. The book includes a commentary by Jeunet himself on his career and corpus of films.
2016-08-24 2016-08-24File Name: B01KYSNXD8
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