Saturday, August 10, 2013

Demonlover (France: Olivier Assayas, 2002)



Demonlover (France: Olivier Assayas, 2002: 129 mins)

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---. "Power Games." Sight and Sound (May 2004)

Gac, Frank Le. "Olivier Assayas." Senses of Cinema #36 (2006)

Hyde, Greg. "Inspiration And Implementation: Olivier Assayas On His Key Films." The Quietus (September 15, 2021)

Khawaja, Aryan T. "Are You Still Watching?: Demonlover (2002) and the Spectre of Voyeurism." Bright Lights Film Journal (October 10, 2022) ["This is the central thesis Assayas raises here – instant gratification via the image suggests a greater degree of control over what we consume (including its ethics) when in fact the consumer is hopelessly chained to a perpetual engine of human suffering that is merely reconfigured to fit the needs of the consumer. The cruelty is the point."]

"Olivier Assayas Symposium." Reverse Shot (September/October 2003)

Pinn, Marcus. "Demonlover: An Understandably Misunderstood Masterpiece." Pinnland Empire (March 7, 2012)

Shawhan, Jason. ""Qui Est Sylvie Braghier?": Identity and Narrative In Olivier Assayas' Demonlover." The Film Journal #6 (2002)

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