The Hawks of Delamere by Edward Marston

The Hawks of Delamere by Edward Marston

Of Jean Renoir's La Regle du jeu (1939), Richard Roud noted: if France were destroyed tomorrow and nothing remained but this film, the whole country and its civilisation could be reconstructed from it.' An extravagant claim, but one that in the view of Keith Reader is justified. In this original, up-to-date, scrupulously documented book on one of the great films of world cinema, Reader focuses on La Regle du jeu in the context of both the time in which it was made and the currents of intertextuality by which it is traversed. He examines sequences from the film itself, its themes, reception and critical approaches and readings. He also explores its extraordinary subversive charge and its dynamic effect on subsequent generations of filmmakers, including Alain Resnais and Robert Altman.

This is the essential companion to La Regle du jeu, demonstrating as it does why this film remains so central to French cinema and to the history of French and indeed European culture.

Marston, Edward: - Edward Marston has written over 100 books, including some nonfiction. He is best known for his hugely successful Railway Detective series, the latest of which is The Circus Train Conspiracy. His other current series are the Home Front Detective, set in the Great War, and the Bow Street Rivals featuring identical twin detectives during the Regency.

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ISBN 13	9780312209483
ISBN 10	0312209487
Title	The Hawks of Delamere
Author	Edward Marston
Series	Domesday Books
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Minotaur Books
Year published	2000-02-11
Number of pages	246
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