Refocus: The Films of Francis Veber

by Keith Corson

Book Overview

Few directors have played such a prominent role as Francis Veber in shaping the cinematic identity of France over the past forty years, yet in many ways his chosen genre of comedy has relegated his work to the margins of Film Studies. Using an auterist lens to challenge the notions of taste, genre and aesthetics that are commonly used to form the cinematic canon, this book explores the twelve films Veber directed between 1976 and 2008. These include...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474429491
• ISBN13: 9781474429498
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"