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Masque(s) et cinéma européen
Mask(s) and European Cinema

Author(s): Virginie Podvin
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: mask; cinema; Europe; aspiration; belief

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to question the links between Mask, Cinema and Europe. The five films selected are Three Colours: Blue from Kieślowski, Crazy Pierrot from Godard, Strada from Fellini, Death in Venice from Visconti, Wings of Desire from Wenders. These movies exhibit a particular type of mask: the mask without mask. Mask obtained by light or make-up, it seems to express the character’s aspiration for an elsewhere.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 43-63
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: French