François Truffaut: The Lost Secret

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Synopsis
&“Truffaut fans will love this English translation of Gillain&’s work drawing on the psychology and cinematography of the acclaimed filmmaker.&” —Booklist For François Truffaut, the lost secret of cinematic art is in the ability to generate emotion and reveal repressed fantasies through cinematic representation. Available in English for the first time, Anne Gillain&’s François Truffaut: The Lost Secret is considered by many to be the best book on the interpretation of Truffaut&’s films. Taking a psycho-biographical approach, Gillain shows how Truffaut&’s creative impulse was anchored in his personal experience of a traumatic childhood that left him lonely and emotionally deprived. In a series of brilliant, nuanced readings of each of his films, she demonstrates how involuntary memories arising from Truffaut&’s childhood not only furnish a succession of motifs that are repeated from film to film, but also govern every aspect of his mise en scène and cinematic technique. &“Brilliant . . . A delicious reexamination . . . that will make us want to sit down and take in all of Truffaut&’s wonderful filmography at once.&” —PopMatters
Copyright:
2013

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
374 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780253008459
Related ISBNs:
9780253008398
Publisher:
Indiana University Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Anne Gillain, Alistair Fox
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Biographies and Memoirs
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Translator:
Alistair Fox

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