Ramona Fotiade

One of the most charismatic feature films of the New Wave, A Bout de Souffle (1960) has retained much of its appeal not only as the emphatic statement of a generational break with tradition, but also as Godard's earliest rendition of a set of thematic and stylistic motifs that would become his trademark. Sustained critical attention over almost fifty years has made this a cult film, propelled in part by the memorable coupling of its lead actors, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, whose story on screen seemed to portray the troubled love affair between French cinema and Hollywood. In this original guide to the film, Ramona Fotiade provides an in-depth analysis of its production and reception contexts, as well as of salient aspects mise-en-scene and editing. She situates A Bout de Souffle in relation to Godard's filmography and critical writings up to 1960, focusing on the elaboration of a narrative and visual discourse that has come to be identified with a distinctive strand in postmodern French cinema. She also explores the impact of Godard's early counter-narrative and visual strategies on the independent American filmmakers and the French Cinema du Look during the 1980s and 1990s.

French Film Guide

A Bout De Souffle

David Jasper

Olivier Salazar-Ferrer

This book examines a number of landmark shifts in our account of the relationship between human and divine existence, as reflected through the perception of time and corporeal experience. Drawing together some of the best scholars in the field, this book provides a representative cross-section of influential trends in the philosophy of religion (e.g. phenomenology, existential thought, Biblical hermeneutics, deconstruction) that have shaped our understanding of the body in its profane and sacred dimensions as site of conflicting discourses on presence and absence, subjectivity and the death of the subject, mortality, resurrection and eternal life.

Phenomenological, Religious and Deconstructive Views on Living and Dying

Embodiment

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

From Surrealism to the Existential Thought of Chestov and Fondane

Conceptions of the Absurd

.".. proceedings of the first joint international conference of the Shestov and Fondane societies, organised at the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, in 2000"--P. 15.

Shestov and Fondane's Existential Thought - la Pensée Existentielle de Chestov Et de Fondane

The Tragic Discourse- L'Expérience Du Tragique

Situates, for the first time, Breton's personality and work in the context of the Surrealist investigation of language susceptible to communicating the 'true functioning of the mind'. The visual and the verbal aspects of Surrealism are not considered in isolation but within an integrated view of experimental activity pertaining to language/communication in general.

Ramona Fotiade

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