Denys Arcand's Le Declin de l'empire americain and Les Invasions barbares / / André Loiselle.
The release of Denys Arcand's Le Déclin de l'empire américain (The Decline of the American Empire) in 1986 marked a major turning point in Quebec cinema. It was the first Québécois film that enjoyed huge critical and commercial success at home and abroad. Arcand's tragicomedy about ei...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- LE DÉCLIN DE L'EMPIRE AMÉRICAIN
- 1. The Production and Reception of Scabrous Conversations
- 2. The Decline of Patriarchy and the Death of the Feminine
- 3. The Death of Quebec History
- 4. Friends in the Landscape, or Was Louise Right All Along?
- LES INVASIONS BARBARES
- 5. From an Obsession with Death to an Oscar
- 6. 'Death of a Bon Vivant': A Tragicomedy in Three Acts
- 7. Sex, Death, and the Cinema
- Conclusion: Sex, Death and Boredom
- Filmography
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Backmatter