A former film and television story editor and Boston University graduate, Nathan C. Southern now freelances as a writer. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Louis Malle, the Elusive One by Jean-Claude Carrière
Preface
Introduction: Louis Malle-Mainstream Iconoclast

1. Le Monde du silence (The Silent World)-1956

Plunging Through the Fourth Wall

2. Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Elevator to the Gallows)-1957

The Illusions of a Romantic

3. Les Amants (The Lovers)-1958

Restoration of the Sacred

4. Zazie dans le métro (Zazie)-1960

The World as Carnival

5. Vie privée (A Very Private Affair)-1961

The Myth of Emptiness

6. Le Feu follet (The Fire Within)-1963

Falling into the Gray Void

7. Viva Maria-1965

Only a Paper Moon

8. Le Voleur (The Thief of Paris)-1967

Deflected Emotion and the Art of Memory

9. Calcutta and Phantom India (L'Inde fantôme)-1968-1969

The Universe Through a Looking Glass

10. Le Sou·e au coeur (Murmur of the Heart)-1971

East Meets West

11. Humain, trop humain and Place de la République-1972

(released 1974)

On the Road Again

12. Lacombe, Lucien-1974

The Politics of Detachment

13. Black Moon-1975

Timeless, Placeless, Senseless

14. Pretty Baby (La Petite)-1978

A Tainted World Through Innocent Eyes

15. Atlantic City-1980

Dreams and Visions of Self

16. My Dinner with André-1981
Notes on Generativity

17. Crackers-1984

More Than He Needed or Wanted

18. Alamo Bay-1985

The Weight of the Unfamiliar

19. God's Country (Le Pays de dieu)-1985 / And the Pursuit of Happiness (La Poursuite du bonheur)-1986

The Well-Rooted and the Transient

20. Au revoir les enfants (Goodbye, Children)-1987

Revisiting Old Haunts

21. Milou en mai (May Fools)-1990

Collective Mythmaking

22. Damage (Fatale)-1992

Double Standards

23. Vanya on 42nd Street-1994

The Process of Becoming

24. Vive le tour (Twist encore)-1962 / Bons Baisers de Bangkok (Love and Kisses from Bangkok)-1964 / "William Wilson" (From Histoires extraordinaires)-1969 Brief Encounters: Three Malle Shorts

Appendix A: Lost Horizons-Selected Unfinished Malle Projects, 1949-1994

by Stéphanie Grégoire
Appendix B: Filmography
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index