Through close readings of Jutra's major films, Jim Leach analyses their distinctive cinematic qualities and discusses the responses they have received from reviewers and critics. He focuses both on the films and the historical and cultural contexts in which they were made, arguing that critics have frequently used inappropriate criteria to judge them and that these misunderstandings reveal much about attitudes to Canadian cinema in general. Jutra's films are shown to reflect the instability of their cinematic and cultural contexts and raise important questions about nationhood. Jutra always identified himself as a separatist and his films were shaped by the rapid changes in Quebec society during the Quiet Revolution and by the political tensions of the sixties and seventies. At the same time his work was often appreciated by English Canadian critics and audiences and was affected by federal film policy and institutions.
Although Jutra died in 1986, his films and career still have much to tell us about Canadian cinema and media production, and about the complex cultural contexts that underlie the ongoing debates on Canadian and Quebec nationhood.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 791.43/0233/092
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-qu
- ISBN
- 9780773567917 0773518592
- LCCN
- PN1998.3.J88
- LCCN Item number
- L43 1999eb
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- CaOONL
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- 1 electronic text (xii, 306 p.)
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- Canada
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00200996 (OCoLC)239885644 (CaOOCEL)400526
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Illustrations 8
- Preface 10
- 1 "Je suis Claude Jutra" 16
- 2 The Precise Image: Encounter with McLaren 48
- 3 The Unstable Eye: Encounter with Rouch 66
- 4 Phantom of Reality: A tout prendre 80
- 5 Useless Beauty: Wow 110
- 6 Between Yesterday and Tomorrow: Mon oncle Antoine 134
- 7 Mad Love, Lethal Love: Kamouraska 156
- 8 A Happy Film: Pour le meilleur et pour le pire 186
- 9 Institutional Madness: Ada and Dreamspeaker 206
- 10 Missing Fathers: Surfacing and By Design 226
- 11 Dreams of Elsewhere: La Dame en couleurs 244
- Conclusion 258
- Filmography 264
- Notes 276
- Bibliography 298
- Index of Film Titles 312
- A 312
- B 312
- C 312
- D 312
- E 312
- F 312
- G 312
- H 313
- I 313
- J 313
- K 313
- L 313
- M 313
- N 313
- O 313
- P 313
- Q 314
- R 314
- S 314
- T 314
- V 314
- W 314
- Z 314
- Index 316
- A 316
- B 316
- C 316
- D 317
- E 317
- F 317
- G 317
- H 317
- I 317
- J 318
- K 318
- L 318
- M 318
- N 318
- O 318
- P 318
- Q 319
- R 319
- S 319
- T 319
- U 319
- V 319
- W 319
- Y 319
- Z 319
