Mccann Dr. Ben (University Of Adelaide Australia)
Mccann Dr. Ben (University Of Adelaide Australia) - Le Jour Se Leve French Film Guide - Paperback
Mccann Dr. Ben (University Of Adelaide Australia) - Le Jour Se Leve French Film Guide - Paperback
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Description: Le Jour se leve (1939) directed by Marcel Carne is widely recognised as the classic French Poetic Realist film. Told in flashback it recounts the story of a man who has committed a murder and who awaits his fate as the police close in. Carne shuttles between different registers tones and textures throughout marshalling the studio's resources to create striking pictorial compositions. The film also contains the great French star Jean Gabin's most iconic performance as Francois marooned at the top of his apartment building. Ben Mc Cann's perceptive and lively book traces the evolution of Le Jour se leve and situates it in a very specific historical moment. He also underlines the importance of actors Jules Berry and Arletty production designer Alexandre Trauner writer Jacques Prevert and cinematographer Curt Courant in establishing the film's tone mood and visual style. He charts the national and international reception of the film uncovering a work that deeply divided critics at a time of national crisis. He also reveals Le Jour se leve to be a key transitional work between European and American noir and compares it with the 1947 Hollywood remake. Highlighting its combination of the 'poetic and the 'realist this book finally stresses how Le Jour se leve represents the very best of pre - war French studio filmmaking.
Title: Le Jour Se Leve French Film Guide
Author(s): Mccann Dr. Ben (University Of Adelaide Australia)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781780765921
Pages: 144 Pages, 15 Bw Integrated
Publication Date: 6/10/2014
Series: Cine-File French Film Guides
Category: Film Theory & Criticism
Description: Le Jour se leve (1939) directed by Marcel Carne is widely recognised as the classic French Poetic Realist film. Told in flashback it recounts the story of a man who has committed a murder and who awaits his fate as the police close in. Carne shuttles between different registers tones and textures throughout marshalling the studio's resources to create striking pictorial compositions. The film also contains the great French star Jean Gabin's most iconic performance as Francois marooned at the top of his apartment building. Ben Mc Cann's perceptive and lively book traces the evolution of Le Jour se leve and situates it in a very specific historical moment. He also underlines the importance of actors Jules Berry and Arletty production designer Alexandre Trauner writer Jacques Prevert and cinematographer Curt Courant in establishing the film's tone mood and visual style. He charts the national and international reception of the film uncovering a work that deeply divided critics at a time of national crisis. He also reveals Le Jour se leve to be a key transitional work between European and American noir and compares it with the 1947 Hollywood remake. Highlighting its combination of the 'poetic and the 'realist this book finally stresses how Le Jour se leve represents the very best of pre - war French studio filmmaking.
Title: Le Jour Se Leve French Film Guide
Author(s): Mccann Dr. Ben (University Of Adelaide Australia)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781780765921
Pages: 144 Pages, 15 Bw Integrated
Publication Date: 6/10/2014
Series: Cine-File French Film Guides
Category: Film Theory & Criticism
