{"product_id":"olivier-assayas-9783901644436","title":"Olivier Assayas","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kent Jones\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Austrian Film Museum\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Austrian Film Museum\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver the past few decades, French filmmaker Olivier Assayas has become a powerful force in contemporary cinema. Between his first feature \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDésordre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1986) and such major works as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eL'Eau froide, Irma Vep, Les Destinées Sentimentales, demonlover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and, most recently, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eL'Heure d'été\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCarlos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, he has charted an exciting path, strongly embracing narrative and character and simultaneously dealing with the 'fragmentary reality' of life in a global economy. He also brought a fresh perspective to the problem of politics after '68, a subject that he revisits in his memoir \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Post-May Adolescence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (published as a companion book to this volume) and in his most recent film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAprès-Mai\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. This first English-language book about Olivier Assayas includes a major essay by Kent Jones, based on his two decades of correspondence and exchanges of ideas with the filmmaker, as well as contributions from Assayas and his most important artistic collaborators. The central part consists of individual essays on each of his works, written by Chris Chang, Larry Gross, Howard Hampton, Kristin M. Jones, B. Kite, Glenn Kenny, Michael Koresky, Alice Lovejoy, Greil Marcus, Geoffrey O'Brien, Jeff Reichert, Richard Suchenski, and Gina Telaroli.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austrian Film Museum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45268821606551,"sku":"9783901644436","price":1943.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783901644436.webp?v=1769236615","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/olivier-assayas-9783901644436","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}