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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... become La Libération de Paris ( 1944 ) while working on Falbalas . Becker was extremely ambitious personally but he was also committed to the good of the French film industry . He was known for his support of colleagues such as Bresson ...
... become La Libération de Paris ( 1944 ) while working on Falbalas . Becker was extremely ambitious personally but he was also committed to the good of the French film industry . He was known for his support of colleagues such as Bresson ...
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... become embroiled in a fight and end up killing a man . The two men become friends , without knowing what the other does for a living , and only at the end is it revealed that Benoît is the executioner . Valérie Vignaux , author of a ...
... become embroiled in a fight and end up killing a man . The two men become friends , without knowing what the other does for a living , and only at the end is it revealed that Benoît is the executioner . Valérie Vignaux , author of a ...
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... become past tense : ' He left an hour ago . ' ) Camera movements are also temporal indicators . When Marie approaches Manda from the river , the camera , positioned on a boat , tracks forward with her towards the sleeping Manda . This ...
... become past tense : ' He left an hour ago . ' ) Camera movements are also temporal indicators . When Marie approaches Manda from the river , the camera , positioned on a boat , tracks forward with her towards the sleeping Manda . This ...
Contents
Production contexts | 3 |
narrative style and ideology | 36 |
Reception at home and abroad | 72 |
Copyright | |
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actors aesthetic Amélie Hélie André Andrew Ange Gabriel Antoine et Antoinette apaches authenticity Bazin Becker's film Belle Epoque Belleville Burch and Sellier Cahiers du cinéma Casque d'or casquettes characters Christian-Jaque chronotopes Classic French Cinema Claude Dauphin close-ups Clouzot contemporary costume drama critics Danard dance Dédée d'Anvers depiction Dernier atout desire director dominant Doniol-Valcroze Edouard et Caroline emphasises example Falbalas feature female femininity femme film-making film's focus France French cinema French film gang gangster gaze gender genre Georges Sadoul Gérard Philipe Gervaise Ginette Vincendeau grisbi guinguette Jacques Becker Jean Joinville L'Ecran français Leca Leca's Léonie Lettres françaises look Magnan Manèges Marie and Manda Marie's Martine Carol masculinity melodrama Micheline mise-en-scène narrative Naumann offers Paris patriarchal popular post-war prostitute Quéval Raymond realism Renoir representation Roland role scene script seen September 1952 sequence Serge Reggiani sexual shot Simone Signoret spectator star Susan Hayward tradition Vignaux women Yves Allégret