Belle de Jour (BFI Film Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (879 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0851708234 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Michael Wood, Chair of the English department at Princeton University, is author of America in the Movies (Columbia University Press, 1989), as well as books on Nabokov and Stendhal.
The book examines the film and its reflections on truth, fiction and fantasy, and its social insight on the tale of a woman clearing her mind of its ghosts.. This is an examination of Louis Bunuel's Belle de Jour, a piece about a bourgeoise wife who lives a secret afternoon life as a prostitute
Michael Wood, Chair of the English department at Princeton University, is author of America in the Movies (Columbia University Press, 1989), as well as books on Nabokov and Stendhal.
darragh o'donoghue said Bunuel needs a mind as open as his - Michael Wood has it.. Michael Wood, the most elegant and enquiring literary critic of his generation, has also written widely on film. He is the author of books on Stendhal and Nabokov, and is currently writing a study of Proust. In other words, he is familiar and comfortable with Cultural Giants in a way most film critics and academics are not. This allows him to speculate and make seemingly random or wild connections on his subject with a confidence most film writers, slaves to theory and discipline. Ambiguous Dash Manchette The movie Belle de Jour is a treat for anyone who has not yet seen it. Catherine Deneuve, always easy on the eyeballs, is wonderful in her portrayal of Severine, the Parisian housewife whose frigid sexuality towards her husband is matched by the inferno of her fantasy life. These fantasies of abuse and degradation come to life when Severine takes a day job at a brothel, taking whatever man comes her way.Michael Wood's analysis of the film in this BFI monograph is generally up to