Olivier Assayas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783901644436)

Over the past few decades, French filmmaker Olivier Assayas has become a powerful force in contemporary cinema. Between his first feature D sordre (1986) and such major works as L'Eau froide, Irma Vep, Les Destin es Sentimentales, demonlover and, most recently, L'Heure d' t and Carlos, he has charted an exciting path, strongly embracing narrative and character and simultaneously dealing with the 'fragmentary reality' of life in a global economy. He also brought a fresh perspective to the problem of politics after '68, a subject that he revisits in his memoir A Post-May Adolescence (published as a companion book to this volume) and in his most recent film Apr s-Mai. This first English-language book about Olivier Assayas includes a major essay by Kent Jones, based on his two decades of correspondence and exchanges of ideas with the filmmaker, as well as contributions from Assayas and his most important artistic collaborators. The central part consists of individual essays on each of his works, written by Chris Chang, Larry Gross, Howard Hampton, Kristin M. Jones, B. Kite, Glenn Kenny, Michael Koresky, Alice Lovejoy, Greil Marcus, Geoffrey O'Brien, Jeff Reichert, Richard Suchenski, and Gina Telaroli.

Author: Kent Jones
ISBN-10: 3901644431
ISBN-13: 9783901644436
Publisher: Austrian Film Museum
Language: English
Published: 07/03/2012
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 7.80h x 6.60w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2013