{"product_id":"the-late-films-of-claude-jacob-leigh-9781501351976","title":"The Late Films of Claude Chabrol: Genre, Visual Expressionism and Narrational Ambiguity","description":"\u003cp\u003eA member of the French New Wave group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s, Claude Chabrol has received the least amount of critical and scholarly attention, although he was the more prolific and commercially successful of them all. Jacob Leigh fills this lacuna by focusing on the last nine feature films of Chabrol's career, exploring his imagery, camerawork, use of sound and music, and performances, revealing the stylistic characteristics of his films while identifying the fundamental thematic issues that lie at the heart of his career-length exploration of the relationship between individuals and societies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Key areas of focus includes Chabrol's careful depiction of upper-class settings in films such as \u003ci\u003eLa C駻駑onie\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eMerci pour le chocolat\u003c\/i\u003e (2000) and \u003ci\u003eLa Fille coup馥 en deux\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and on what Robin Wood and Michael Walker call 'the beast in man' (1970), the quasi-sympathetic 'id-figures' of which \u003ci\u003eLe Boucher\u003c\/i\u003e's Popaul is the most celebrated. Chabrol's 'id-figures' inherit the traits of \u003ci\u003eShadow of a Doubt\u003c\/i\u003e's Uncle Charlie, \u003ci\u003eRope\u003c\/i\u003e's Brandon and \u003ci\u003eStrangers on a Train\u003c\/i\u003e's Bruno, all three of whom have characteristics of the Nietzsche-quoting psychopath familiar in crime fiction. Additionally, \u003ci\u003e The Late Films of Claude Chabrol\u003c\/i\u003e considers the influence on Chabrol of a range of significant writers, including Patrick Hamilton, Patricia Highsmith, Charlotte Armstrong and Ruth Rendell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacob Leigh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501351974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501351976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Jacob Leigh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44064970375423,"sku":"9781501351976","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_593eba4f-d45b-4e48-bff7-aaec916d9ba2.jpg?v=1685398666","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-late-films-of-claude-jacob-leigh-9781501351976","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}