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’, auteur -led independent sector as it d0es to any shortcomings (real or imagined) in the film itself. Postmodern social fables As a director whose first three features are firmly anchored in contemporary socio-political subject matter, Kassovitz’s fracture sociale trilogy contributes to a long tradition of the director as social commentator in French cinema that includes Renoir
The book begins with a consideration of the origins and influences that have shaped Mathieu Kassovitz's development as a director, but also the cultural context within which he emerges as a filmmaker. It argues new realism, the banlieue. The book examines the American influences evident in all of Kassovitz's films to date as a director and explores the continuity and difference between his films as actor and director. The first phase of Mathieu Kassovitz's career comprises his short films and feature films up to and including