Product Description
by Marion Schmid (Author)
Casting fresh light on one of the most important movements in film history, Intermedial Dialogues: The French New Wave and the Other Arts is the first comprehensive study of the New Wave's relationship with the older arts. Traversing the fields of literature, theatre, painting, architecture and photography, and drawing on André Bazin alongside recent theories of intermediality, it investigates the 'impure', intermedial aesthetics of New Wave cinema. Filmmakers under discussion include critics-turned-directors François Truffaut, Eric Rohmer, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette and Claude Chabrol, members of the Left Bank Group Alain Resnais, Agnès Varda and Chris Marker, but also lesser-known directors, notably the 'secret child of the New Wave', Guy Gilles. This wide-ranging book offers an original reading of the complex, often ambivalent ways in which the New Wave engages the other arts in both its discursive construction and filmic practice.
Key Features
:- A wide-ranging study which explores the complex, often ambiguous ways in which the New Wave engages with the other arts in both its discursive construction and cinematic practice
- Affords a new prism for understanding New Wave filmmaking and its legacy through comprehensive analysis of the ways in which the New Wave aesthetic was shaped through intermedial dialogue and medium rivalry
- Reassesses one of the most acclaimed movements in film history drawing on cutting-edge theory in the prominent field of intermediality studies
- Offers an inclusive, heterogeneous view of the New Wave through inclusion of lesser-known directors such as Guy Gilles, Jean-Daniel Pollet and Jacques Demy alongside renowned Nouvelle Vague filmmakers
Front Jacket
Edinburgh Studies in Film and Intermediality Series Editors: Martine Beugnet and Kriss Ravetto Founding Editor: John Orr A series of cutting-edge scholarly research monographs covering core aspects of film studies. The series' internationally respected authors contribute analytical and often controversial volumes, offering a critical intervention into their subject. 'Marion Schmid challenges familiar paradigms and provides a dazzling account of New Wave cinema's engagement with a broad spectrum of culture: literature, theatre, painting, architecture and photography. Her insightful re-readings of New Wave films and period criticism, deftly combined with contemporary concepts of intermediality, enable us to view this corpus afresh.' Rebecca DeRoo, Rochester Institute of Technology Casting fresh light on one of the most important movements in film history, Intermedial Dialogues: The French New Wave and the Other Arts is the first comprehensive study of the New Wave's relationship with the older arts. Traversing the fields of literature, theatre, painting, architecture and photography, and drawing on André Bazin alongside recent theories of intermediality, it investigates the 'impure', intermedial aesthetics of New Wave cinema. Filmmakers under discussion include critics-turned-directors François Truffaut, Eric Rohmer, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette and Claude Chabrol, members of the Left Bank Group Alain Resnais, Agnès Varda and Chris Marker, but also lesser-known directors, notably the 'secret child of the New Wave', Guy Gilles. This wide-ranging book offers an original reading of the complex, often ambivalent ways in which the New Wave engages the other arts in both its discursive construction and filmic practice. Marion Schmid is Professor of French Literature and Film at the University of Edinburgh. Her publications on film include Chantal Akerman ( 2010), Proust at the Movies (2005, with Martine Beugnet) and the co-edited collection of essays Chantal Akerman: Afterlives (2019, with Emma Wilson). Cover image: Anna Karina and director Jean-Luc Godard on set of Pierrot le Fou,1965 (c) Pathe Contemporary Films Cover design: Stuart Dalziel and Barrie Tullett [EUP logo] edinburghuniversitypress.com ISBN 978-1-4744-1063-2 Barcode
Author Biography
Marion Schmid is Professor of French Literature and Film at the University of Edinburgh. Her publications on film include Intermedial Dialogues: The French New Wave and the Other Arts (2019), Chantal Akerman (2010), and Proust at the Movies (2005, with Martine Beugnet).
