Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
The subject of irony in film is a problematic one, in no small measure because of the assumption of referentiality in what is shown onscreen. I examine a form of irony that is tied to undecidability and use it to analyze La moustache (2005), which is a cinematic exploration of the possibilities for creating undecidability and its attendant tensions, exemplifying how irony may be visually communicated. Carrère's film moves into the domain of irony through a wide-ranging critique worked out through discordance.
Publisher
American Association of Teachers of French
Repository Citation
Ekstein, N. (2013). Irony in Emmanuel Carrère's La Moustache. The French Review, 86(3), 497-506.
Publication Information
The French Review
