Short description:

This unique book examines the career of Michel Ocelot, from his earliest works to his latest research and productions and highlights the director's role in the panorama of contemporary animated cinema and his relationship with the tradition, both artistic and cinematographic.

Long description:

This unique book examines the career of Michel Ocelot, from his earliest works to his latest research and productions, including an interview regarding his latest film Le Pharaon, le Sauvage et la Princesse (2022). The book highlights the director?s role in the panorama of contemporary animated cinema and his relationship with the tradition, both artistic and cinematographic.

The book carefully analyses the ethical and social nature of Ocelot?s work to underscore the duality of the director?s oeuvre, both artistic and social, using an interdisciplinary approach that blends film and aesthetic criticism with gender studies and decolonial thought. Particular attention will be given to the themes of multiculturalism, discrimination, and treatment of women, which are at the centre of many current cultural debates.

The book will be of interest to an audience of experts, animation enthusiasts, and film scholars, as well as to a wider readership interested in learning about the poetics of Kirikou?s father.

"For those of you who know and love Michel Ocelot?s films the book Michel Ocelot: a World of Animated Images will give you incites into his creative process. For those who are just discovering his films, it will open the door to a whole new viewing experience."

Nancy Denney-Phelps, Animation World Network.

Table of Contents:

Introduction. CHAPTER 1 Ars Animativa. CHAPTER 2 Silhouette Films: A Magical Night Where Anything Can Happen. CHAPTER 3 Once Upon a Time, Kirikou. CHAPTER 4 A Beautiful Stranger: Azur & Asmar. CHAPTER 5 Dilili ? Paris, or Beauty Will Save Us. Appendix 1. Appendix 2. Bibliography. Index.