Duvivier was a giant of classic French cinema with a career spanning key moments of French film history. This analysis goes beyond its historical range to engage with key debates in film studies: notably auteurism, stardom and questions of the national. -- .
L'Auberge Espagnole looks at one of contemporary French cinema's most influential and innovative youth films. examines its themes of cultural diversity, celebrates its construction of a European transnational identity, analyzes its youthful visual and structural 'newness', and charts its production, distribution, and reception history.
Recounts the story of a man who has committed a murder, and who awaits his fate as the police close in. In this book, the author shuttles between different registers, tones, and textures throughout, marshalling the studio's resources to create striking pictorial compositions.