Douglas Morrey Libri

Focusing on Jacques Rivette's significant yet underappreciated contributions to French cinema, this study explores his evolution from influential film critic in the 1950s to a key figure in the New Wave movement. It examines his complex and experimental films of the 1970s, as well as his later, innovative dramas that kept him relevant in the following decades. The analysis culminates with a look at his recent works, including Histoire de Marie et Julien and Ne touchez pas la hache, providing a comprehensive overview of his artistic journey.

A complete survey - the first in English - of Jacques Rivette's sixty-year career in French cinema, from the New Wave to the present day. -- .

This volume offers a new interpretation of the whole of Godard's career in cinema. Drawing examples from all periods of Godard's filmmaking, it examines the parallels between the director's innovative approach to film form and wider developments in French culture and thought since 1950. -- .

Bipolar? No one really knows what it is. Even today it's still misunderstood and badly affected by stigma. Ali Shaw was no different when she was diagnosed in 2009. Coming Clean is the story of one woman's triumph against Bipolar II and a no-holds-barred account of the reality that comes with the diagnosis.

In this study of the impact and influence of the New Wave in French cinema, Douglas Morrey looks at both the subsequent careers of New Wave filmmakers and the work of later film directors and film movements in France. This book is organized around a series of key moments from the past 50 years of French cinema in order to show how the meaning and legacy of the New Wave have shifted over time and how the priorities, approaches and discourses of filmmakers and film critics have changed over the years. Morrey tackles key concepts such as the auteur, the relationship of form and content, gender and sexuality, intertextuality and rhythm. Filmmakers discussed include Godard, Truffaut, Varda, Chabrol and Rohmer plus Philippe Garrel, Luc Besson, Leos Carax, Bruno Dumont, the Dardenne brothers, Christophe Honoré, François Ozon and Jacques Audiard.