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Jacques Tati

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ISBN/EAN: 9781409021827
Umbreit-Nr.: 6452466

Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 400 S., 3.24 MB
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Erschienen am 17.04.2012
Auflage: 1/2012


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  • Zusatztext

    • The full story of one of France's greatest cinema legends, a clown whose film-making innovation was to turn everyday life into an art form.

      Jacques Tati's Monsieur Hulot, unmistakable with his pipe, brolly and striped socks, was a creation of slapstick genius that made audiences around the world laugh at the sheer absurdity of life. This biography charts Tati's rise and fall, from his earliest beginnings as a music hall mime during the Depression, to the success ofJour de FêteandMon Oncle,toPlaytime,the grandiose masterpiece that left the once celebrated director bankrupt and begging for equipment to complete his final films.

      Analysing Tati's singular vision, Bellos reveals the intricate staging of his most famous gags and draws upon hitherto inaccessible archives to produce a unique assessment of his work and its context for film lovers and film students alike.

  • Kurztext

    • The full story of one of France's greatest cinema legends, a clown whose film-making innovation was to turn everyday life into an art form.Jacques Tati's Monsieur Hulot, unmistakable with his pipe, brolly and striped socks, was a creation of slapstick genius that made audiences around the world laugh at the sheer absurdity of life. This biography charts Tati's rise and fall, from his earliest beginnings as a music hall mime during the Depression, to the success of Jour de F te and Mon Oncle, to Playtime, the grandiose masterpiece that left the once celebrated director bankrupt and begging for equipment to complete his final films. Analysing Tati's singular vision, Bellos reveals the intricate staging of his most famous gags and draws upon hitherto inaccessible archives to produce a unique assessment of his work and its context for film lovers and film students alike.

  • Autorenportrait
    • David Bellos is a professor of French and Comparative Literature at Princeton where he is also director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication. He won the Prix Goncourt de la Biographie for<i>George Perec: A Life in Words.</i>He also won the IBM-France prize for his translated<i>W or The Memory of Childhood, Things: A Story of the Sixties</i>and<i>53 Days</i>, all major works by George Perec. In 2005 he won the Man Booker International translators award for his translations of several works by the Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare.
  • Schlagzeile
    • The fascinating story behind one of France&apos;s greatest cinema legends. Bellos&apos;s elegantly written, illuminating biography charts the rise and fall of Jacques Tati