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        The Arts
        January 2019

        Jean-Jacques Beineix

        by Philip Powrie

        This volume is the first to examine, in either French or English, the films of Jean-Jacques Beineix, often seen as the best example of the 1980s cinéma du look, with cult films, such as Diva and Betty Blue (37º 2 le matin) .. After an introduction which places Beineix in the context of the 1980s and the arguments centering on a postmodern cinema, the volume devotes a chapter to each of Beineix's feature films, including the film which marked his return to feature film making after a break of a decade, Mortel Transfert (2001). Prefaced by an excellent foreword by the director himself, which includes a broad condemnation of French critics. Includes many illustrations direct from the director's own collection, complementing the interviews Powrie made with him and his collaborators.

      • Family & health
        May 2015

        Familienrat nach Dreikurs - Ein Gewinn für alle

        by Heide Köpfer, Erika Becker

        Eine Familie ist dann ein Team, wenn jeder dem anderen zuhört, jeder seine Meinung sagen kann und jeder ernst und wichtig genommen wird.Wie das gelingen kann? Mit dem Familienrat nach Dreikurs!Hier kommen alle regelmäßig zusammen, bestimmen gemeinsam die Regeln für ein friedliches Miteinander und erleben sich als gleichwertig. Hier haben kleine und große Menschen eine Stimme, werden gehört und gesehen.Sie denken, das ist utopisch? Nein, es ist ganz einfach!Es braucht nur ein wenig Mut – und genau dazu verhilft Ihnen dieses Buch. Probieren Sie es aus.

      • Mélasse de fantaisie

        by Francis Ouellette

        Rue Poupart, Centre-Sud, December 1976. A newborn slips from the inexperienced arms of his mother and tumbles down the stairs of the apartment building. At the moment that the skull should have cracked, time stands still and simultaneously stretches out: Francis sees his whole life and sets about relating it. Guided by Frigo, a well-known local bum, the author roams the nooks and cellars of his memory and a neighbourhood infected by the gangrenous rot of the dearly departed Faubourg à m’lasse, as the working-class area was once called. An at times hilarious and troubling epic, Fancy Molasses is a constellation of (real) characters who are larger than life, such as Ti-Crisse, Josette’s girlfriend, Lil’ Mike the disgraced saxophonist and Raymonde, the undisputed champion of Rock-A-Thon. And while the neighbourhood’s exotic wildlife fascinates, it’s also menacing. Left to his own devices, Francis will try to embrace and escape life as best he can. Anyways, as he says. Somewhere between The Life Before Us, the psychomagic of Alejandro Jodorowski and the opulent cinema of André Forcier, Fancy Molasses is a gargantuan tale stuffed with bits of unforgettable bravery.

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