Zazie in the Metro by Louis Malle (Film Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Zazie in the Metro, a novel by Raymond Queneau which was adapted for film in 1960 by Louis Malle. It centres around young Zazie as she explores Paris, meeting a homosexual drag queen and a policeman with various identities, amongst other interesting characters. The novel was incredibly successful in France, but the film was not as well received, perhaps due to its highly experimental nature. Malle employs many innovative cinematographic techniques in order to remain faithful to the idiosyncratic and experimental style of his source material. An acclaimed director, he received an Academy Award and the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1956, and is one of only a few directors to have won the Golden Lion, the highest prize at the Venice Film Festival, multiple times.
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Zazie in the Metro by Louis Malle (Film Analysis) - Bright Summaries
French filmmaker
Born in Thumeries in 1932
Died in Beverly Hills in 1995
Notable films:
Elevator to the Gallows (1958), film
Zazie in the Metro (1960), film
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994), film
Louis Malle was born in 1932 to a family of rich manufacturers and began filmmaking during his adolescence, using his father’s camera. He then studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (a prestigious film school in Paris) where he was chosen by Jacques Cousteau to become an assistant in the shooting of his documentary The Silent World (1955, awarded the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1956). In 1958, at the age of 25, he created his first feature film, Elevator to the Gallows.
Louis Malle