Jacques Demy

Informationen zum Autor Darren Waldron is Senior Lecturer in French Screen Studies at the University of Manchester Klappentext The first full-length book devoted to Jacques Demy in the English language. Zusammenfassung The first full-length book devoted to Jacques Demy in the English language. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: 'Un demi, Jacques, bien frais, avec de la mousse': background and early filmmaking1. Jacques Demy, the Nouvelle Vague and beyond 2. Melodic reconfigurations: Demy's musicals 3. Fantasy and its disenchantments: fairytale, fable and myth in the Demy-monde4. Gender and sexuality in the Demy-monde 5. Mythologising Demy Concluding remarks FilmographySelect bibliographyIndex

Autorentext

Darren Waldron is Senior Lecturer in French Screen Studies at the University of Manchester

Klappentext

The first full-length book devoted to Jacques Demy in the English language.

Zusammenfassung
The first full-length book devoted to Jacques Demy in the English language. -- .

Inhalt

Introduction: 'Un demi, Jacques, bien frais, avec de la mousse': background and early filmmaking 1. Jacques Demy, the Nouvelle Vague and beyond 2. Melodic reconfigurations: Demy's musicals 3. Fantasy and its disenchantments: fairytale, fable and myth in the Demy-monde 4. Gender and sexuality in the Demy-monde 5. Mythologising Demy Concluding remarks Filmography Select bibliography Index