Brutal Intimacy: Analyzing Contemporary French Cinema

by Tim Palmer and Tim Palmer

Book Overview

A major survey of contemporary French cinema's leading films and filmmakers

Brutal Intimacy is the first book to explore the fascinating films of contemporary France, ranging from mainstream genre spectaculars to arthouse experiments, and from wildly popular hits to films that deliberately alienate the viewer. Twenty-first-century France is a major source of international cinema--diverse and dynamic, embattled yet prosperous--a national...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819568279
• ISBN13: 9780819568274
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher