ReFocus : : The Films of Xavier Dolan /

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

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...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 21 B/W illustrations
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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

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