New French Extremity
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New French Extremity (New French Extremism or, informally, New French Extreme) is a term coined by Artforum critic James Quandt for a collection of transgressive films by French directors at the turn of the 21st century. The said filmmakers were also discussed by Jonathan Romney in The Independent.
While Quandt intended the term as pejorative, many so labeled have produced critically acclaimed work. David Fear indicates that the lack of humanity beneath the horror represented in these films leads to their stigma, arguing that Bruno Dumont's Flanders (2006) "contains enough savage violence and sexual ugliness" to remain vulnerable to the New French Extremity tag, but "a soul also lurks underneath the shocks".[3] Nick Wrigley indicates that Dumont was merely chastised for "letting everybody down" who expected him to be the heir to Robert Bresson.
Tim Palmer has also written about these films, describing them as constituting a "cinema of the body". Palmer has argued that such films reflect a large scale stylistic trajectory, a kind of avant-garde among like-minded directors, from Catherine Breillat to François Ozon, along with contemporary figures such as Marina de Van, Claire Denis, Dumont, Gaspar Noé, and many others. Palmer places this tendency within the complex ecosystem of French cinema, underlining the conceptual diversity and artistic scope in French cinema today.
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Caché
2005, in 15 top lists Check -
1 new
Irréversible
2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check -
6 new
Enter the Void
2009, in 7 top lists Check -
25 new
Martyrs
2008, in 7 top lists Check -
18 new
Haute tension
2003 — a.k.a. High Tension, in 2 top lists Check -
15 new
Baise-moi
2000, in 3 top lists Check -
26 new
À l'intérieur
2007 — a.k.a. Inside, in 3 top lists Check -
5 new
Seul contre tous
1998 — a.k.a. I Stand Alone, in 4 top lists Check -
22 new
Le temps du loup
2003 — a.k.a. Time of the Wolf, in 1 top list Check -
11 new
Intimacy
2001, in 2 top lists Check -
31 new
L'humanité
1999 — a.k.a. Humanité, in 4 top lists Check -
20 new
Frontière(s)
2007 — a.k.a. Frontier(s), in 1 top list Check -
8 new
Trouble Every Day
2001, in 6 top lists Check -
3 new
Calvaire
2004, in 2 top lists Check -
16 new
Choses secrètes
2002 — a.k.a. Secret Things, in 1 top list Check -
27 new
La horde
2009 — a.k.a. The Horde, in 1 top list Check -
23 new
13 Tzameti
2005, in 0 top lists Check -
7 new
Dans ma peau
2002 — a.k.a. In My Skin, in 2 top lists Check -
9 new
Demonlover
2002, in 3 top lists Check -
13 new
Pola X
1999, in 2 top lists Check -
2 new
Sitcom
1998, in 0 top lists Check -
14 new
Sombre
1998, in 0 top lists Check -
10 new
Les amants criminels
1999 — a.k.a. Criminal Lovers, in 0 top lists Check -
4 new
Carne
1991, in 0 top lists Check -
21 new
Assassin(s)
1997, in 0 top lists Check -
30 new
Dans ton sommeil
2010 — a.k.a. In Their Sleep, in 0 top lists Check -
28 new
Mutants
2009, in 0 top lists Check -
12 new
Le pornographe
2001 — a.k.a. The Pornographer, in 0 top lists Check -
19 new
Sheitan
2006, in 1 top list Check -
17 new
La chatte à deux têtes
2002 — a.k.a. Porn Theater, in 0 top lists Check -
29 new
La meute
2010 — a.k.a. The Pack, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Oct 8, 2021; source