Child of paradise : Marcel Carné and the golden age of French cinema / Edward Baron Turk
1989, First Edition. Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #386235
ISBN: 0674114604
Physical description: x, 495 pages : illustrations, portraits. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-481) and index.
Filmography: pages 437-444. Contents: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Fortune and Critics' Eyes -- PART I. The Novice -- CHAPTER 1. Intimations of Eden -- CHAPTER 2. Monsieur Feyder's Protégé -- CHAPTER 3. Carné and Jacques Prévert -- CHAPTER 4. Framing an Identity -- PART II. The Young Master -- CHAPTER 5. The Popular Front -- CHAPTER 6. Poetic Realism -- CHAPTER 7. "Atmosphere, Atmosphere" -- CHAPTER 8. Strange Defeat -- PART III. The Monumentmaker -- CHAPTER 9. The Occupation -- CHAPTER 10. The Design of Children of Paradise -- CHAPTER 11. Politics and Theater in Children of Paradise -- CHAPTER 12. Androgyny, Masochism, and Children of Paradise -- CHAPTER 13. Primal Scenes from Children of Paradise -- PART IV. The Outsider -- CHAPTER 14. In the Afterglow of Triumph -- CHAPTER 15. Carné sans Prévert -- CHAPTER 16. Carné and the New Wave -- CHAPTER 17. Persistence of Vision -- Epilogue: A Filmmaker of Sadness -- Filmography. Bibliographical Note. Notes. Credits. Index -- Filmography -- Bibliographical Note -- Notes -- Credits -- Index
Subjects: Carné, Marcel
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