The Cinema of Louis Malle

Philippe Met is Professor of French and Cinema Studies at the University of Pennsylvania where he also chairs the Department of French and Francophone Studies. He is the co-author of Les Aventures de Harry Dickson: scénario de Frédéric de Towarnicki, pour un film (non réalisé) par Alain Resnais (Capricci, 2007). He is Editor-in-Chief of French Forum and co-editor of the Film Cultures series for Peter Lang.Philippe Met is professor of French and cinema studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He has authored and edited several books on literature or film, and is the coeditor of Screening the Paris Suburbs: From the Silent Era to the 1990s (2017).

Alison J. Murray Levine:
In sum, this volume is as generous to film enthusiasts just coming to Malle’s work as it is to seasoned scholars. Critics and scholars will find a wealth of new biographical and critical detail, as well as new primary sources and an excellent introduction to the current state of debates on Malle and his legacy. Newcomers will gain insight into the wide-ranging talents and interests of this bicultural, bilingual director who successfully navigated the film industries in France and the United States.