Marcel Carn - Jonathan Driskell

Newly Available In Paperback, This Study Provides A Scholarly Yet Accessible Account Of The Work Of Marcel Carn, One Of The Great Directors Of Classical French Cinema And The Key Figure Behind The Poetic Realist Film Movement Of The 1930s. His Films, A Number Of Which Were Made In Collaboration With The Poet-turned-scriptwriter Jacques Prvert, Include Such Well-known Works As Le Quai Des Brumes, Le Jour Se Lve And Les Enfants Du Paradis. As The First Book To Be Written On Carn For A Number Of Years, It Offers A Fresh Perspective On His Cinema, Particularly Through A Re-examination Of His Post-war Work - Although Many Of These Films Were Very Popular And Offer A Fascinating Insight Into France At The Time, They Have, Until Now, Largely Been Neglected.adopting A Carefully Crafted Aesthetic, His Films Explore A Tension Between Pessimism And Entrapment On The One Hand, And Transcendence, Idealised Romantic Love And A Populist Celebration Of Working-class Life On The Other.