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New French Extremism Pascal Laugier • Geboren 16 oktober 1971 Cannes • Leerling van Christophe Gans (Brotherhood of the Wolf, Silent Hill, Beauty and the Beast) • Bekendste werken zijn Saint Ange, Martyrs en The Tall Man. • Mocht de remake van Hellraiser maken maar verschil van creatief gedachtegoed met de producers: • Laugier wilde een serieuze film met een uitstap naar de gay S&M cultuur • Producers wilden iets meer richting een teenflick en commercie New French Extremism • Een extreme stroom binnen de film die begin 2000 opkwam voorbeelden zijn: • Baise-Moi, Intimacy, In My Skin, The Pornographer • Term wordt door sommigen als pejoratief gebruikt maar andere critici vinden deze term passen binnen critically acclaimed works • De makers van deze stroom worden beïnvloed door schilders en directors zoals Marquis de Sade (the origin of the world), Jean Eustache, La Maman et la Putain en Maurice Pialat’s A Nos Amours New French Extremism • De term wordt ook wel uitgebreid naar ‘New Extremism’ waar onder andere Lars von Trier (Nymphomaniac, Melancholia, Antichrist), Lukas Moodysson (Show me love, Ett hål i mitt hjärta, Container), Fatih Akin (Head-On of Gegen Die Wand, The Edge of Heaven, Aus dem Nichts) • We benaderen New French Extremism vanuit Matt Smith en zijn essay Confronting Mortality: “The New French Extremity” New French Extremism • Roots: • Art House • Horror • Eigenschappen: • Taboo breken • Identity • Geweld • Pornografie • Smith zegt: Haute Tension, Ils, Frontiere(s), A L’interieur and Martyrs provide a "comprehensive snapshot of human anxieties about our bodies", both corporeally and socially. New French Extremism • Critique op films zoals Hostel en Saw. • Deze films gaan over het martelen zelf en niet over de reactie/pijn van het lichaam op de marteling. • Smith identificeert nog 2 thema’s in het genre: • House invasion (zie ook Funny Games, 1997, Michael Haneke) • Fear of the Other • New French Extremism vaak gerelateerd aan zgn. Torture Porn of Gorno waarbij seksime (S&M) en marteling centraal staan: • Amerikaanse versies zijn bijvoorbeeld Unthinkable, remake House of Wax en I Spit on Your Grave Pascal Laugiers & Martyrs • Over kindermishandeling, marteling, godsdienst en een reactie van het lichaam op pijn om tot het goddelijke te komen • Werd controversieel ontvangen door sommigen smakeloos en puur gedreven door gorno anderen zeiden: • “The new yard stick against which all forms of extreme genre films should be measured against.“ (Shocktillyoudrop.com) • "one of the most extreme pictures ever made, and one of the best horror movies of the last decade“ (Total Film) Incident in a Ghostland • In de film van vanavond komen een aantal thema’s die zijn besproken terug. • De film werd (zoals veel New French Extremism) niet heel goed ontvangen en met wisselende kritiek beoordeeld. • Won 3 prijzen op Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer waaronder The Grand Prize (Raw, Bone Tomahawk, El Orfanato, Låt den rätte komma in) Geniet van de film! • Een laatste opmerking: Gedurende het onderzoekje wat voor deze presentatie is uitgevoerd viel een zaak me overduidelijk op. Alle regisseurs zijn mannen en de hoofdrol in de meeste films wordt ingevuld door een vrouw of vrouwen. Vraag is dus of dit genre nog te winnen heeft op emancipatiegebied (i.e. een man in de hoofdrol zoals bij SRPSKI Film) of dat deze films eigenlijk niet helemaal meer in deze tijd passen..

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