Professor Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze catherine.dousteyssier@durham.ac.uk
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Claude Chabrol's Aesthetics of Opacity
Dousteyssier-Khoze, Catherine
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Abstract
Claude Chabrol's cinema is generally associated with a specific type of psychological thriller, one set in the French provinces and fascinated with murder, incest, fragmented families, unstable spaces and inscrutable female characters. But Chabrol's films are both deceptively accessible and deeply reflexive, and in this innovative reappraisal of his filmography Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze explores the Chabrol who was influenced by Balzac, Magritte and Stanley Kubrick. Bringing to the fore Chabrol’s ‘aesthetic of opacity’, the book deconstructs the apparent clarity and comfort of his chosen genre, encouraging the viewer to reflect on the relationship between illusion and reality, and the status of the film image itself.
Citation
Dousteyssier-Khoze, C. (2017). Claude Chabrol's Aesthetics of Opacity. Edinburgh University Press
Book Type | Authored Book |
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Online Publication Date | Dec 1, 2017 |
Publication Date | Dec 1, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Oct 14, 2013 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 1, 2020 |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1123595 |
Publisher URL | https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-claude-chabrol-039-s-aesthetics-of-opacity-hb.html |
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