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— tht ofthe ma end who sas her pogo ler’ ane
rege poy ypc fa seconde eure reserved by the en
anaes thatofthclstedsokiieronieae whore er his" nana
Florence, wile reveling is enol meaning.
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alr mils, andthe erate young san who makes her ogee her kan
‘ee chat he spent seven yeas the Cle Univeral (net the Pa
‘Montour whete they met), tong connotation of his charm fo he
“euteate” ature and for a propedy masculine notion of de tage
since, as date retuming co Alger, he ik he young protigoniseok
Ai Pips, snobs death possponed, Co Free alenatn p
Psu i heen be prtuced an maintains by the mas lure se
‘mods svar singer The masking of gender ppresion lcnaaon
‘bysorocutralaenation india the contractor it of Vda
fimmakes who can ony se reins of gender domination nthe elm of
‘mas culte,which se distances esl rom resolutely hough her inne
‘aie atisticpoject Her problematic (at woman) adherence a at
‘mile where cet is asocated“naurally” wi masculinity ads
he to osu contaditions i ort to obtain an del image of gen
retin in hime.
imany ofthe filmmakers who make Hc frst ature ength tion on
athe boginnng of che 960s acta bresk withthe dosinant epesenta
tions of gender rltions and sexual deity of gly conserve a
starch tadkonlciem, the new enema propos cull schemas
that pile amass anda desi formas tha rework mie dam
ain nother forms (more “sngushed ones). Moreove, thee is
sre forthe most part eceled trough 3 reading pte proved bce
modems clr, which privileges questions of am one questo of
"presentation. Despite several bilan counterexamples fom he “Left
Bank” group that prove sat formal inventiveness does not neces
til itret in socal and pot questions inthe broad sens of encan
sing gender elation, the feminist moxemen ofthe 1970s al tive
before nemateeetion waly beg ota women points of wo
Concusion
‘The New Wave's Legacy: “Auteur Cinem:
“Thefoschbihay ofthe New Wave role inthe publication, beween
t9p8 and 2002 of autos new works on the movement. On the whol,
though these works dit nox produce any fundamen new insighsieo
te sujet, even ifr the mos pr, historical research anaesthetic
analycs ea 0 splice the eile tend of heel igh of fancy a
inyeceeon he op The of ete lnovaton remaster
theme acon withthe movement conskered to hea “ais chool
to boxow the tle of Mice! Mare’ book. Bue in comcemporry as,
«rts errand introns practices ts"avteur poli cats
tobe the prinipallegic ofthe peso ihe New Wave as become forthe
caltiated French, Wess, and even workuie elite, te reerence point
fora cinema with asst spations, pray base ofthe conc
Sonticmnens sgh shuren ate ios
whole of de creative proces, whexe own genuscan beteaced fom fl 8deshomnaeclstonram eons EE
sal—which is te say abstract — aaa gees
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chins bt ln ang
skein acc
legate opty cen
ts by mig ine wns ga
chaps thee flmskaveameaning fore
fh). The
tural pollties Eas
ull may fk Lg
onthe rgh sn muchasente kee
‘han the puble trough th inematian
Schneider 1995,
sxcesst thee i
ims improbable
“ad the rina
a eile ofthe New Wines bate oF
* estes depen more onthe eis pote
go romanticism, accompanied by a touch of formalism tha establishes
heconnetion with contemporary at Tis model aloes the expression |
tf subj ot in an ory ows an centers on crate
thn that ofan ndisdal engaged with social and clewal determin
Ip wel 64 fatasy of sbsoitemsery that makes of the fms 3
enorge rather than the mer fa calletive projet (which the lm
psker nat often sven de complet ofthe proceso ait techn
‘land economic fbietion of fin). The model dnties de ater
‘than ensemble of ecurrng ats, tals thatan enlightened amateur an
cfr iin fl the sim of which defines "personal wives” and
{sye? Iria longer about appreciating the apa of Ba oexplore
‘nan innovative manner the vars contradictions thts an ances
prove. With the rumph of de cine discourse tar secompasie
the New Wave, the qucton of representations ha fas capped
{oom fine discourse (as rom the whole ofcourse sent rand
culere France) tar the elton Denice attic production and
the soc which was nourished and which in em nour. Te
fanantic mre ofthe st who rests in spend solaon, ouside of
ny social constraint — dominant iaFance sine de Renaissance (see Co
wie rof2) has undergone a certain amber of evolions Batis
ower issuch hat ithas ben imposed on even the attic means of expe
‘son hit the most economic anionic nancy cinema, collective
in es conception, elizton, and ge eepton. As Laurent Cretan,
ns ark “The suppon op-
speaking fom an exami perspective,
poston between commercial cnema an acu cinema 3 poor one;
ecomcs an abwirety tothe extent tat» growing suber of ins dat
reach oad audience present themselves a auteur cine” (2004, 258)
Burhe fay ofthe eros commitment of few accredit” (262)
this anieplceabl vale of diinton,
From this weave ar he pai tha the ir conser ain
France toda he one that so lation othe weit a wi was
rte or recived. Not tha thsi fat tnue—mose auteur ls,
pling with chose ofthe New Wins, 81 fave ei to show inthis
book, tke par in collective sain has conbuts to oar unde
standing ofthe pri of sok and an ra, Bute etal dscours that
foxms the dominancopti for reang these isos on paging them af
‘snything that might make of them an rstramnt inthe understanding ofcontemporary socio eations— parca hen com go
‘Sonali, gene clans, apd exalt inasmuch 2 theese
locally coasted. This reading opti Funct 363 insane
sisinson nthe reeption of teins (Fuller, 2003), ats asm
Interne bythe erator themacves and ever more s0by Fema cn
ators, who cansandy ave to prove thee lena sae he whole op
"reach ela esto ens ocala the "secon 6 fom this pg
‘glows postion, Theconteadtony acy ofthe New Wave thus hatha
hae allowed the resogition of he films a artis athe same
tne, chav nposed ancureely estetvemodelofwhatconstinnes an
aris, one that reduces crest formal game lone, outside of ay
sociocultural sakes.
‘Appendix One
Box Office Results
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