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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... important directors to emerge during this period , and nowadays , along with Le Corbeau ( Clouzot , 1943 ) and Les Visiteurs du soir ( Carné , 1942 ) , it is often hailed as one of the most important films of the Occupation . The film ...
... important directors to emerge during this period , and nowadays , along with Le Corbeau ( Clouzot , 1943 ) and Les Visiteurs du soir ( Carné , 1942 ) , it is often hailed as one of the most important films of the Occupation . The film ...
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... important diegetic role , " and this is also true in Casque d'or . Georges Van Parys , who composed the original music for Casque d'or , had been celebrated as a composer since the 1930s , having worked on films such as L'Age d'or ...
... important diegetic role , " and this is also true in Casque d'or . Georges Van Parys , who composed the original music for Casque d'or , had been celebrated as a composer since the 1930s , having worked on films such as L'Age d'or ...
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... important legacy of Truffaut's 1954 battle - cry ' A certain tendency of French cinema , is that the mainstream cinema of this decade - the tradition of quality , or the ' cinéma de papa ' , has tended to be dismissed as unworthy of ...
... important legacy of Truffaut's 1954 battle - cry ' A certain tendency of French cinema , is that the mainstream cinema of this decade - the tradition of quality , or the ' cinéma de papa ' , has tended to be dismissed as unworthy of ...
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