ReFocus : : The Films of Xavier Dolan / / Andrée Lafontaine.

• VerfasserIn: Lafontaine, Andrée,
• MitwirkendeR: Baillargeon, Mercédès,; Czach, Liz,; Gagné, Pascal,; Grandena, Florian,; Lafontaine, Andrée,; Marshall, Bill,; Massimi, Fulvia,; Mokkil, Navaneetha,; Pascal, Marie,; Pidduck, Julianne,; Rees-Roberts, Nick,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: ReFocus: The International Directors Series : RFIDS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 21 B/W illustrations

Examines the work of the Québecois film director, producer and screenwriter, Xavier DolanSpans the entirety of Dolan’s prolific film and music video careerProvides cultural context to deepen appreciation of Dolan’s filmsStructured in short essays, easily taken up for undergraduate teachingEver since his first feature film I Killed My Mother premiered at Cannes, every film from the 29-year-old director Xavier Dolan has generated significant critical interest. A recipient of numerous awards, Dolan has recently taken his career to an international level with The Death and Life of John F. Donovan. As the first book-length study about Dolan, with case studies of key films like Mommy (2014), Tom at the Farm (2013) and It’s Only the End of the World (2016), this volume explores the global reach of small national and subnational cinemas. In particular, it uses Dolan’s cinema as a departure point to reconsider the position of Québec film and cultural imaginary within a global cinematic culture, as well as the intersections between national, millennial and queer filmmaking.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Film and Video Work by Xavier Dolan -- Introduction -- Part Queer Universalism -- 1. The Transgressive Cinema of Xavier Dolan -- 2. The Dolandrama: Queer Male Authorship and the Fabulous Leading Lady -- 3. Xavier Dolan’s Backward Cinema: Straight Spaces, Queer Temporality, and Genealogical Interruptions in Tom at the Farm and It’s Only the End of the World -- Part 2 Local Auteur -- 4. Spaces and Times of Québec in Films by Xavier Dolan -- 5. Xavier Dolan’s J’ai tué ma mère and Québec’s New Cinema of mise-en-scène -- 6. Transcreating Tom à la ferme and Juste la fin du monde -- 7. Xavier Dolan in India: The Alchemy of Film Viewing -- Part 3 Millennial Auteur -- 8. Joy, Melancholy, and the Promise of Happiness in Xavier Dolan’s Mommy -- 9. “I am looking for someone who understands my language and speaks it”: Dolan’s Excessive Dialogues -- 10. Fade to Grey: Dolan’s Pop Fashion and Surface Style -- Bibliography -- Index