Denys Arcand's Le déclin de l'empire américain and Les invasions barbares /

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The release of Denys Arcand's Le Déclin de l'empire américain (The Decline of the American Empire) in 1986 marked a major turning point in Quebec cinema. It was the first Québécois film that enjoyed huge critical and commercial success at home and abroad. Arcand's tragicomedy abou...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Loiselle, André, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2008
Series:Canadian cinema ; 2.
Subjects:
Arcand, Denys, > 1941 June 25- > Criticism and interpretation.
Arcand, Denys, > 1941- > Critique et interprétation.
Arcand, Denys, > 1941 June 25-
Déclin de l'empire américain (Motion picture)
Invasions barbares (Motion picture)
Déclin de l'empire américain (Film cinématographique)
Invasions barbares (Film cinématographique)
Le déclin de l'empire américain
Les invasions barbares
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Direction & Production.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Le déclin de l'empire américain
  • The production and reception of scabrous conversations
  • The decline of patriarchy and the death of the feminine
  • The death of Quebec history
  • Friends in the landscape, or, Was Louise right all along?
  • Les invasions barbares
  • From an obsession with death to an Oscar
  • "Death of a bon vivant" : a tragicomedy in three acts
  • Sex, death, and the cinema
  • Sex, death, and boredom.

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