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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Page 27
... female figure : the femme - objet . " Though Doniol - Valcroze can hardly be aligned with feminism ( in his article the spectator is consistently constructed as male , and female attitudes towards these representations are not ...
... female figure : the femme - objet . " Though Doniol - Valcroze can hardly be aligned with feminism ( in his article the spectator is consistently constructed as male , and female attitudes towards these representations are not ...
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... female perspective on the oppressive patriarchal structures of heterosexuality . Sellier has identified at least 50 of these films made between 1945 and 1959 , including at least one film by most of the major directors of the time ...
... female perspective on the oppressive patriarchal structures of heterosexuality . Sellier has identified at least 50 of these films made between 1945 and 1959 , including at least one film by most of the major directors of the time ...
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... female desire ( though without detailing what these might be ) . This raises the question of why her look is so ... female spectator , and in many cases , it is argued that women are required to read films against the grain ' in order to ...
... female desire ( though without detailing what these might be ) . This raises the question of why her look is so ... female spectator , and in many cases , it is argued that women are required to read films against the grain ' in order to ...
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