Impeccably Dressed : How Costume in Pepe-le-Moko Constructs Jean Gabin as Object of the Erotic Gaze.
Field, Amanda J.
Impeccably Dressed : How Costume in Pepe-le-Moko Constructs Jean Gabin as Object of the Erotic Gaze. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (29 pages) - Short Takes Film Studies ; v.3 . - Short Takes Film Studies .
Cover -- Contents -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Publisher Information -- Short Takes -- Impeccably Dressed -- Additional Media -- Illustrations -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Also Available.
Does Laura Mulvey's theory, that only women can be the object of the erotic gaze in cinema, still hold true if films that lie beyond mainstream Hollywood are examined? Through close analysis of the 1937 French film Pépé-le-Moko, this paper examines those aspects of the filmmakers' craft which influence the direction of the gaze - such as costume, cinematography/lighting, use of the body, and star persona. It demonstrates the way the film helped build on the Jean Gabin 'myth' through a fetishisation of his clothes and body.
9781909183841
Motion pictures -- Production and direction.
Cinematography.
Electronic books.
PN1995.9.P7 -- .F54 2015eb
791.4372
Impeccably Dressed : How Costume in Pepe-le-Moko Constructs Jean Gabin as Object of the Erotic Gaze. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (29 pages) - Short Takes Film Studies ; v.3 . - Short Takes Film Studies .
Cover -- Contents -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Publisher Information -- Short Takes -- Impeccably Dressed -- Additional Media -- Illustrations -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Also Available.
Does Laura Mulvey's theory, that only women can be the object of the erotic gaze in cinema, still hold true if films that lie beyond mainstream Hollywood are examined? Through close analysis of the 1937 French film Pépé-le-Moko, this paper examines those aspects of the filmmakers' craft which influence the direction of the gaze - such as costume, cinematography/lighting, use of the body, and star persona. It demonstrates the way the film helped build on the Jean Gabin 'myth' through a fetishisation of his clothes and body.
9781909183841
Motion pictures -- Production and direction.
Cinematography.
Electronic books.
PN1995.9.P7 -- .F54 2015eb
791.4372