Nikita : French Film Guide.
Title:
Nikita : French Film Guide.
Author:
Hayward, Susan.
ISBN:
9780857715197
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (144 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Synopsis -- Introductions -- Luc Besson, the self-made film-maker -- Conclusion -- 1. Production contexts -- Social contexts of the times -- Financing and scripting the film -- Selecting the actors and training them up -- Studio work -- Camera, editing, sound -- 2. Nikita, a neo-baroque symphony -- Introduction -- Plot structure and analysis -- The pearl within the shell: Besson the neo-baroque -- 3. Sequence analyses -- Three stages of development: Nikita's cell as a metaphor for growth -- Nikita goes domestic -- Nikita's last known abode -- Nikita's final mission -- Nikita, a neo-noir melodrama -- a woman's film? -- 4. Reception -- Audience reception -- Popular press reception -- Film journal reviews -- 5. The Remake of Nikita - Point of no Return/The Assassin (John Badham, 1993) - or 'How Hollywood took Nina Simone to the movies and learnt to karaoke Nikita' -- Contexts -- Text -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Credits -- Appendix 2: Filmography -- Appendix 3: Selected Bibliography.
Abstract:
Nikita' (1990) is the story of a nineteen-year old junkie, Nikita (Anne Parillaud) who is given a second chance in life through being trained to be - and becoming - a skilled assassin for the State. 'Nikita' is a cult classic, directed by Luc Besson (with Thierry Arbogast as director of photography) in his hallmark powerful style. The film was an international hit, which spawned a TV series and a Hollywood remake. Susan Hayward develops here a fresh and provocative way of understanding 'Nikita''s plot structure as a neo-baroque symphony. She goes in depth into key sequences of the film, examines its reception as a popular film by audiences and critics, and looks at 'The Assassin', the Hollywood remake of 'Nikita'._x000D_ _x000D_ This is a wonderfully exciting book on an underrated film. It also shows that the woman placed at the centre of a film noir can', as Susan Hayward points out, 'for once win - or at least "get away with it".'_x000D_ _x000D_ 'Ginette Vincendeau has assembled an elite corps of film scholars to address a marvellous array of modern and classic French films with the close-up scrutiny they deserve.'_x000D_ - Dudley Andrew_x000D_.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Genre:
Electronic Access:
Click to View