Description
In addition, the volume features an exclusive interview with the acclaimed playwright John Guare (a close friend and collaborator of Louis Malle's who scripted Atlantic City) and is bookended by a foreword by Volker Schloendorff and an afterword by Wes Anderson, two renowned filmmakers who articulate their admiration for, and the seminal influence of, their predecessor.
About the Author
Philippe Met is professor of French and cinema studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He has authored and edited several books on literature or film, and is the coeditor of Screening the Paris Suburbs: From the Silent Era to the 1990s (2017).
Reviews
In sum, this volume is as generous to film enthusiasts just coming to Malle's work as it is to seasoned scholars. Critics and scholars will find a wealth of new biographical and critical detail, as well as new primary sources and an excellent introduction to the current state of debates on Malle and his legacy. Newcomers will gain insight into the wide-ranging talents and interests of this bicultural, bilingual director who successfully navigated the film industries in France and the United States. -- Alison J. Murray Levine * EuropeNow *
The Cinema of Louis Malle: Transatlantic Auteur is a major contribution to the study of a filmmaker who has been critically neglected. As such, it will be a key reference for future analyses of Malle, and we can hope that it will also contribute to a broader renewed interest in the works of this multifaceted and seminal transatlantic auteur. -- Armelle Blin-Rolland, Bangor University * H-France *
An incredible collection of essays and biographical materials, as comprehensive as it is complex. * Film Matters *
Book Information
ISBN 9780231188708
Author Philippe Met
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Columbia University Press
Publisher Columbia University Press
Series Directors' Cuts