The Late Films of Claude Chabrol Genre Visual Expressionism and Narrational Ambiguity
Key areas of focus includes Chabrol's careful depiction of upper-class settings in films such as La Crmonie (1995), Merci pour le chocolat (2000) and La Fille coupe en deux (2007) and on what Robin Wood and Michael Walker call 'the beast in man' (1970), the quasi-sympathetic 'id-figures' of which Le Boucher's Popaul is the most celebrated. Chabrol's 'id-figures' inherit the traits of Shadow of a Doubt's Uncle Charlie, Rope's Brandon and Strangers on a Train's Bruno, all three of whom have characteristics of the Nietzsche-quoting psychopath familiar in crime fiction. Additionally, The Late Films of Claude Chabrol considers the influence on Chabrol of a range of significant writers, including Patrick Hamilton, Patricia Highsmith, Charlotte Armstrong and Ruth Rendell.
Publisher Name | Bloomsbury Academic |
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Author Name | Hagendorf, Col |
Format | Audio |
Bisac Subject Major | PER |
Language | NG |
Isbn 10 | 1501312499 |
Isbn 13 | 9781501312496 |
Target Age Group | min:NA, max:NA |
Dimensions | 00.93" H x 00.06" L x 10.00" W |
Page Count | 208 |
Jacob Leigh is Lecturer in the Department of Media Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He is the author of The Cinema of Ken Loach: Art in the Service of the People (2002), Reading Rohmer, Close-Up 02 (2007), and The Cinema of Eric Rohmer: Irony, Imagination and the Social World (2012).