Books in French are on www.livres-cinema.info
MENU   

La Reine Margot

by Julianne Pidduck

Type
Studies
Subject
One FilmQueen Margot (Chéreau)
Keywords
Patrice Chéreau
Publishing date
2005
Publisher
I.B.Tauris
Collection
French Film Guide
Language
English
Size of a pocketbookRelative size of this bookSize of a large book
Relative size
Physical desc.
Paperback • 128 pages
5 ¼ x 8 ½ inches (13.5 x 21.5 cm)
ISBN-10
ISBN-13
1-84511-100-1
978-1-84511-100-7
User Ratings
no rating (0 vote)

Average rating: no rating

0 rating 1 star = We can do without
0 rating 2 stars = Good book
0 rating 3 stars = Excellent book
0 rating 4 stars = Unique / a reference

Your rating: -

Report incorrect or incomplete information

Book Presentation:
'La Reine Margot' is a fascinating, very modern film, big scale costume drama, but with Chereau's experimental style. Pidduck investigates in graceful style stardom, genre, sexuality and gender in a single film. The film has an international reputation, is widely available on dvd. Patrice Chereau's 1994 film 'La Reine Margot' presents a theatrical chiaroscuro Renaissance past where struggles for political and religious power are entwined with plots, poisons and the pleasures and perils of the flesh. Featuring the elusive star Isabelle Adjani and Vincent Perez, the film is renowned for its eroticised and violent depiction of the period. Julianne Pidduck's 'Cine-File' does full justice to this vivid film, examining it as part of an influential recent cycle of French historical 'super-productions' including 'Cyrano de Bergerac' and 'Germinal' and exploring its social and political contexts, in particular how 'La Reine Margot''s depiction of Renaissance religious intolerance offers a haunting allegory for twentieth-century French and European experience.

See the publisher website: I.B.Tauris

See Queen Margot (Chéreau) (1994) on IMDB ...

> On a related topic:

11749 books listed   •   (c)2024-2025 cinemabooks.info   •