François Truffaut

The Lost Secret

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

Av Anne Gillain

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-06-07
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt535 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieIndiana University Press (IPS)
Antal sidor374
FörlagIndiana University Press
ISBN9780253008398
ÖversättareFox, Alistair

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Anne Gillain is Professor Emerita at Wellesley College and is known for her work in French cinema, particularly the films of François Truffaut. She is author of Le Cinéma selon François Truffaut and The 400 Blows.Alistair Fox is Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Research on National Identity at the University of Otago. He is author of Jane Campion: Authorship and Personal Cinema (IUP, 2011).

AcknowledgementsPreface to the English Edition of François Truffaut: The Lost Secret. Anne GillainEmotion and the Authorial Fantasmatic: An Introduction to Anne Gillain's François Truffaut: The Lost Secret. Alistair FoxPreface to the Original French Edition. One Secret Can Hide Another. Jean GruaultIntroduction: The Secret of the Art1. Family Secrets: The 400 Blows (1959), The Woman Next Door (1981)2. Deceptions: Shoot the Piano Player (1960), The Soft Skin (1964)3. Queen-Women: Jules and Jim (1962), The Last Metro (1980)4. Sentimental Educations: Stolen Kisses (1968), Two English Girls (1971)5. Criminal Women: The Bride Wore Black (1967), A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)6. In Search of the Father: Fahrenheit 451 (1966), Day for Night (1973)7. Marriages: Mississippi Mermaid (1969), Bed and Board (1970)8. Words and Things: The Wild Child (1970), The Story of Adèle H. (1975)9. The Child King: Small Change (1976), Love on the Run (1979)10. Fetishism and Mourning: The Man Who Loved Women (1977), The Green Room (1978)11. The Role of Play: Confidentially Yours (1983)Conclusion: The Art of the SecretFilmographyBibliographyIndex

Truffaut fans will love this English translation of Gillain's work drawing on the psychology and cinematography of the acclaimed filmmaker.(Booklist) Gillain's preface is succinct, lucid and illuminating.(Spectator) In her brilliant book, François Truffaut: The Lost Secret . . . Gillain serves us with a delicious reexamination of someone's work that will make us want to sit down and take in all of Truffaut's wonderful filmography at once.(PopMatters) In addition to its trenchant anatomizing of Truffaut, this work is an excellent examination of the process of creation. . . . Highly recommended.(Choice)