Colin maccabe has 37 books on goodreads with 1704 ratings. Alphaville by jeanluc godard eddie constantine, anna karina. In this highly original book, adam bartos exquisite photographs of markers studio, a workspace both extraordinarily cluttered and highly organized, appear alongside a moving reminiscence of his friend by the film theorist, godard biographer and practitioner colin maccabe. An experimental film made with a hollywood budget and a stellar cast, an adaptation of a famous novel which completely transforms the source materials themes and concerns, and the climax of the nouvelle vague, which also signalled its collapse, contempt is paradoxical as well as. Dec 17, 2012 colin maccabe is distinguished professor of english and film at the university of pittsburgh and associate director of the london consortium. Colin mccabe brings his extensive knowledge and understanding of literary theory to godards works which makes.
Colin maccabe, film critic and author of studio or books. A portrait of the artist at 70 by colin maccabe 432pp, bloomsbury. Godard s contempt le mepris remains one of the most intriguing and critically discussed twentieth century films. Images, sounds, politics by colin maccabe goodreads. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. This is, at last, the book godard deserves, one that does justice to the life and work of the most original filmmaker of the twentieth century. Join facebook to connect with collin mccabe and others you may know. Log in or sign up for facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. It is shot entirely in or from a hotel room, in which jules jeanpaul belmondo gives charlotte anne collette a seemingly endless and selfindulgent tirade on her faults and his tribulations. In alphaville, jeanluc godard fuses a hardboiled detective story with science fiction. Images, sounds, politics 1980, during his dziga vertov period sound was used to reconfigure traditional cinemas fixed relation of dependence between soundtrack and image. The implicit contradiction of godards choice of a return to cuckooclock land not so surprising, really, as he grew up a swiss protestant is merely the last metaphor for a career more problematic, though not much less important, than colin mccabes study would like to suggest. I remember godard, the first time i met him gesturing.
Bad australian cinema, or how watching one perfect day made. Eliot, james joyce and the revolution of the word, performance, the eloquence of the vulgar and godard. The films of the dziga vertov group have long been recognized as seminal to the. Colin maccabe, a longtime film scholar who had written an earlier book on the filmmaker over two decades before, thus produced this new portrait of godard. A book is the product of a different self from the one we manifest in our habits, in our social life, in our vices, he is implying that the different self who writes a book is the truer one. True to the spirit film adaptation and the question of fidelity edited by colin maccabe, kathleen murray, and rick warner. I remember godard, the first time i met him gesturing towards the mountains in reply to my question as to.
The final result, cocreated with mieville an utterly remarkable examination of childhood within the contexts of family, home, work, and the shared idea of life and time within the greater culture may have displeased the tv executives, but it is, as colin mccabe put it, probably as great as anything godard has ever done. A portrait of the artist at seventy in 2003, he ripped entire pages out of it. Colin mccabe brings his extensive knowledge and understanding of literary theory to godards works which makes for intriguing and thoughtprovoking reading. A portrait of the artist at 70 by colin mccabe bloomsbury. Colin maccabe author of godard goodreads share book.
Apr 01, 2008 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Colin mccabe has written extensively and brilliantly about godard in other publications so if you like any of godards films or are a film studies studentfilm fanatic then i highly recommend this book. A portrait of the artist at seventy, but neither could be said to concern literature or in the latter case film in any meaningful way. A portrait of the artist at seventy contains very little that is useful and a great deal that is both confusing and misleading. Drawing on his own working experience with godard and his coterie, colin maccabe, in this first biography of the director, has written a. Maccabe vividly recreates the social and political turmoil of postwar france in which godard came of age, moves fluidly from the theoretical to the personal, and captures at once the essence of the nouvelle vague and the particularity of individual films. In fact, he took a good deal of the psychology, characters and plot line from the book by moravia.
View colin mccabes profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Colin maccabe born february 9, 1949, british educator. Ive just finished reading colin mccabes biography of jeanluc godard, subtitled a portrait of the artist at seventy. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The director is celebrated with a 5disc boxset release. His research interests include the history of english since 1500, psychoanalysis, joyce, godard, and linguistics. Colin maccabe is distinguished professor of english and film at the university of pittsburgh and associate director of the london consortium. He has published widely on film and literature with particular emphasis on james joyce, jeanluc godard, and topics in the history and theory of language.
A portrait of the artist at seventy 9780374163785 by maccabe, colin and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Eliot, the butcher boy, performance, and diary of a young soul rebel with isaac julien. Author of godard, james joyce and the revolution of the word, james joyce, high theorylow culture, broken english, godard. Perhaps godards ungenerosity toward the author reflects an embarrassment at this debt, or a. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover colins. May 30, 2007 colin maccabe is distinguished professor of english and film at the university of pittsburgh and professor of english and humanities at birkbeck,universty of london. Its a shame its no longer in print as its one of my favourite film books. He is currently distinguished professor of english and film at the university of pittsburgh.
Brilliance and bardot, all in one the new york times. Psychoanalisys, lacan, derrida, lenin, mao, may 68, all are described in the book in relation to their influence of godards life and work. My teenage introduction to art film culture was something of a science fiction auteurdetour r2d2. Don boyd enjoys godard by colin mccabe, an important and entertaining account of the life of a man without whom cinema would have been poorer don boyd sun 16 nov 2003 07. He has published widely on film and literature with particular emphasis on james joyce, jean.
After consulting richard brodys everything is cinema. The book had been a gift from a friend in paris who inscribed it to me with the words my heart as long as forever. Alphaville by jeanluc godard eddie constantine, anna. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Don boyd enjoys godard by colin mccabe, an important and entertaining account of the life of a man without whom cinema would have been. He has served as chairman of the london consortium, which he cofounded with mark cousins, paul hirst, and richard humphreys. After several earlier essays and a short book godard. Feb 19, 2015 to my astonishment, this reclusive figure encouraged me not only to write a book on his clandestine years but also to come to the shoot of the film that was going to bring him back into the mainstream. He has published books on a variety of subjects, including jean luc godard, james joyce and t. Hugely prolific in his first decadebreathless, contempt, pierrot le fou, alphaville, and made in usa are just a handful of the seminal works he directed godard introduced filmgoers to the generation of stars associated with the trumpeted sexuality of postwar movies and culture. Colin maccabe teaches across the range of early modern and modern literature with particular emphases on modernism and the renaissance. Godards contempt le mepris remains one of the most intriguing and critically discussed twentieth century films. As a survey of godard s complete body of work, this book of maccabes has been rather superseded by at the turn of the millennium, jeanluc godard had turned seventy years old. According to this illuminating new biography, so nervous was he that bernardo bertolucci vomited when he first met.
From 1968 to 1972, gorin codirected the films wind from the east, 1969. He has published books on jean luc godard, james joyce and t. Mccabe is so thorough that he even gives a description of the prosecution of protestantism in france and their eventual grip on france cultural and political life in order to contextualise godards background. Colin maccabe, colin maccabe is a british academic, writer and film producer. According to this illuminating new biography, so nervous was he that bernardo bertolucci vomited when he. Perhaps godards ungenerosity toward the author reflects an embarrassment at this debt, or a knee. With an active marketplace of over 175 million items, use the alibris advanced search page to find any item you are looking for through the advanced search, you can find items by searching specific terms such as title, artist, song title, genre, etc or you can narrow. But if i had thought that godard would come up with arguments to rebuild my shattered political faith, i was rudely disappointed. I bought the filmscript book to understand what the heck was going on. Jeanluc godard s early films revolutionized the language of cinema. Susan sontag, godard, a susan sontag reader, penguin, london, 1983, p.
With an active marketplace of over 175 million items, use the alibris advanced search page to find any item you are looking for through the advanced search, you can find items by searching specific terms such as title, artist, song title, genre, etc or you can narrow your focus using our amazing set of criteria parameters. Colin maccabe is a british educator, film producer, and author. Lemmy caution eddie constantine, a hero godard borrowed from a series of french adventure films, comes to alphaville, the capital of a totalitarian state, in order to destroy its. One day in 1980, shooting finished early on jeanluc godards film sauve qui peut. Colin maccabe literature program department of english. Charlotte et son jules is a minute 1958 film by francoswiss director jeanluc godard. To my astonishment, this reclusive figure encouraged me not only to write a book on his clandestine years but also to come to the shoot of the film that was going to bring him back into the mainstream. Jun 22, 1997 in fact, he took a good deal of the psychology, characters and plot line from the book by moravia.
An experimental film made with a hollywood budget and a stellar cast, an adaptation of a famous novel which completely transforms the source materials themes and concerns, and the climax of the nouvelle vague, which also signalled its collapse, contempt is. Chris marker art monographs and museum exhibition catalogs. Images,sounds, politics on jeanluc godard, maccabe wrote a largescale biography godard. Cultural theorist colin mccabe reflects on cultural change from shakespeare to derek jarman, on the institutional forms of knowledge, on the links between the popular and elite art, and on the role of the intellectual in contemporary life.
Follow colin maccabe and explore their bibliography from s colin maccabe author page. Features contributions from renowned scholars of film and literary studies, including dudley andrew, tom gunning, and fredric jameson, to name just a few. This book is informative, well written and has very good passages of analysis on films like breathless, contempt and in praise of love. Godard studied the classical montage principles of vertov and eisensteins theory of audio. Drawing on his own working experience with godard and his coterie, colin maccabe, in this first biography of the director, has written a thrilling account of the french cinemas transformation in the hands of. It is a wildly inappropriate subtitle given that the best part of the book is mccabe sketching out the modernist influences that gave rise to 20th century artistic culture, and his exploration of the filmmakers protestant heritage and its influence on his intellectual. When jeanluc godard received a copy of colin mccabes godard. Eliot, and has produced many films, among them young soul. Colin maccabe is distinguished professor of english and film at the university of pittsburgh and professor of english and humanities at birkbeck,universty of london. We had a conversation about rhubarb and i asked him to sign his book and our faces, my heart, brief as photos.
A portrait of the artist at 70, james joyce and the revolution of the word, t. For anyone who is only marginally curious about the vacillating fortunes of jeanluc godard, which has dimmed to virtual darkness since the 1960s, colin maccabes book godard. A portrait of the artist at seventy by colin maccabe. Maccabe has published widely on film and literature with particular emphasis on james joyce, jeanluc godard, and topics in the history and theory of language. Emilie bickerton, the mage of lake geneva, nlr 68, march. Two years later, they created the dziga vertov group. May 23, 2017 in this highly original book, adam bartos exquisite photographs of markers studio, a workspace both extraordinarily cluttered and highly organized, appear alongside a moving reminiscence of his friend by the film theorist, godard biographer and practitioner colin maccabe. Colin maccabe is a british academic, writer and film producer. Eliot, and has produced many films, among them young soul rebels, seasons in quincy, and caravaggio.