Marginal pleasure and auteurist cinema: the sexual politics of Robert Bresson, Jean-Luc Godard, Catherine Breillat and François Ozon

This dissertation considers and evaluates French auteurist cinema in two contexts: first, in terms of the 1950s/1960s, a period during which the politique des auteurs became a salient part of film criticism nationally and internationally, and second, in terms of contemporary cinema in France today,...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schilt, Thibaut (Author)
Format: Thesis Electronic eBook
Language:German
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Online Access:Volltext
Summary:This dissertation considers and evaluates French auteurist cinema in two contexts: first, in terms of the 1950s/1960s, a period during which the politique des auteurs became a salient part of film criticism nationally and internationally, and second, in terms of contemporary cinema in France today, where the concept of auteur, though never completely forsaken since the Nouvelle Vague, has experienced a revival. A large amount of existing critical literature discusses various aspects of Robert Bresson and Jean-Luc Godard’s works, which coincide with the emergence and espousal of the politique, but critics and historians rarely consider the sexual politics of their cinema in much detail. With that in mind, I look closely at a selection of their films, which differ from other auteur works of the period in that they attempt to problematize gender difference and sexuality. The second part of the study examines the cinema of Catherine Breillat and François Ozon, whose works destabilize notions of gender (masculinity, femininity) and sexuality in an even more daring and explicit fashion. Their films, seldom discussed in the context of the politique des auteurs, will be examined as contemporary examples of auteurist cinema, but also in relation to the auteur cinema of the 1950s/1960s, in an attempt to determine both the continuity of the cinema of auteurs and the radical differences between these two periods of French film history.
Physical Description:255 S.

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection! Get full text