Casque D'or: (Jacques Becker, 1952)Casque d'or's tragic love story of a golden-haired prostitute's attempt to escape a world of crime is a classic of 1950s French cinema. Sarah Leahy's guide analyzes the film, offers detailed discussions of its production and the public's response to it, and places it within the context of cinema and social history. |
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... French Film Guides build on this welcome new access , offering authoritative and entertaining guides to some of the most significant titles , from the silent era to the early 21st century . Written by experts in French cinema , the ...
... French Film Guides build on this welcome new access , offering authoritative and entertaining guides to some of the most significant titles , from the silent era to the early 21st century . Written by experts in French cinema , the ...
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... French actor of his generation ) and an ordinary family man who viewed his ... film career took off just before the war with Entrée des artistes ( Marc ... French Army from 1942 , Dauphin's films were banned in Occupied and Vichy France ...
... French actor of his generation ) and an ordinary family man who viewed his ... film career took off just before the war with Entrée des artistes ( Marc ... French Army from 1942 , Dauphin's films were banned in Occupied and Vichy France ...
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... French critics even the ' Young Turks ' who challenged the politically motivated tradition of French film criticism with their writing in journals such as the Cahiers du cinéma - failed to recognise the aesthetic daring of Casque d'or ...
... French critics even the ' Young Turks ' who challenged the politically motivated tradition of French film criticism with their writing in journals such as the Cahiers du cinéma - failed to recognise the aesthetic daring of Casque d'or ...
Contents
Production contexts | 3 |
narrative style and ideology | 36 |
Reception at home and abroad | 72 |
Copyright | |
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