Table of Content
Table of Contents Foreword: Louis Malle, the Elusive One by Jean-Claude Carrière Preface Introduction: Louis Malle--Mainstream Iconoclast 1. Le Monde du silence (The Silent World)--1956 Plunging Through the Fourth Wall 2. Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Elevator to the Gallows)--1957 The Illusions of a Romantic 3. Les Amants (The Lovers)--1958 Restoration of the Sacred 4. Zazie dans le métro (Zazie)--1960 The World as Carnival 5. Vie privée (A Very Private Affair)--1961 The Myth of Emptiness 6. Le Feu follet (The Fire Within)--1963 Falling into the Gray Void 7. Viva Maria --1965 Only a Paper Moon 8. Le Voleur (The Thief of Paris)--1967 Deflected Emotion and the Art of Memory 9. Calcutta and Phantom India (L'Inde fantôme)--1968-1969 The Universe Through a Looking Glass 10. Le Sou·e au coeur (Murmur of the Heart)--1971 East Meets West 11. Humain, trop humain and Place de la République --1972 (released 1974) On the Road Again 12. Lacombe, Lucien --1974 The Politics of Detachment 13. Black Moon --1975 Timeless, Placeless, Senseless 14. Pretty Baby (La Petite)--1978 A Tainted World Through Innocent Eyes 15. Atlantic City --1980 Dreams and Visions of Self 16. My Dinner with André --1981 Notes on Generativity 17. Crackers --1984 More Than He Needed or Wanted 18. Alamo Bay --1985 The Weight of the Unfamiliar 19. God's Country (Le Pays de dieu)--1985 / And the Pursuit of Happiness (La Poursuite du bonheur)--1986 The Well-Rooted and the Transient 20. Au revoir les enfants (Goodbye, Children)--1987 Revisiting Old Haunts 21. Milou en mai (May Fools)--1990 Collective Mythmaking 22. Damage (Fatale)--1992 Double Standards 23. Vanya on 42nd Street --1994 The Process of Becoming 24. Vive le tour (Twist encore)--1962 / Bons Baisers de Bangkok (Love and Kisses from Bangkok)--1964 / "William Wilson" (From Histoires extraordinaires )--1969 Brief Encounters: Three Malle Shorts Appendix A: Lost Horizons-Selected Unfinished Malle Projects, 1949-1994 by Stéphanie Grégoire Appendix B: Filmography Notes Select Bibliography Index