BackBelle de jour
(book in English)
by Michael Wood
- Type
- Studies
- Subject
- One Film > Belle de jour
- Luis Buñuel
- Publishing Date
- 2000
- Publisher
- BFI Publishing
- Collection
- BFI Film Classics
- Language
- English
Relative size
- Physical desc.
- Paperback • 96 pages • 12,00 €
5 ¼ x 7 ¼ inches (13.5 x 18.5 cm) - ISBN-10
ISBN-13 - 0-85170-823-4
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Book Presentation:
This is an examination of Louis Bunuel's Belle de Jour, a piece about a bourgeoise wife who lives a secret afternoon life as a prostitute. The book examines the film and its reflections on truth, fiction and fantasy, and its social insight on the tale of a woman clearing her mind of its ghosts.
About the Author:
Michael Wood, Chair of the English department at Princeton University, is author of America in the Movies (Columbia University Press, 1989), as well as books on Nabokov and Stendhal.
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