{"title":"Catherine Fowler","description":"\u003cp\u003eCatherine Fowler’s works explore the intricate intersections of daily life and artistic expression, offering readers a compelling dive into contemporary arts and culture. Her writing often captures the subtle rhythms of the everyday, inviting reflection on routine, space, and the nuances of human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough detailed observation and a poetic sensibility, Fowler’s books resonate with those interested in the cultural textures that shape modern existence. Expect a thoughtful, immersive journey into the worlds where art and life seamlessly converge.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"jeanne-dielman-23-quai-du-commerce-1080-bruxelles-by-catherine-fowler-9781839022821","title":"Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLucid, lively and extremely knowledgeable. \u003cem\u003eSight \u0026amp; Sound\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCatherine Fowler’s study positions \u003cem\u003eJeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles\u003c\/em\u003e as a ‘contrary’ classic, its contrariness arising from director Chantal Akerman’s decision to frame an unliberated housewife through a kind of ‘slow looking’. By choosing to stay with Jeanne in the kitchen, the film both ‘differences’ the canon and diverges from Akerman’s liberated early films, which involved the rejection of domestic space, married life and the heterosexual script.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFowler draws on original footage, scripts, unmade and unseen projects, interviews and other documents to painstakingly piece together the making of the film, discovering an alternative origin story which centres upon female alliances, forged through a combination of shared film culture and lived sexism. Those viewers who take up Akerman’s invitation to spend time with Jeanne will find their expectations of cinema are changed. Because more than any other film before or since, it reminds us that we give our time to a film; and in making us look both harder and for longer it asks us to feel time slipping away, for ourselves as much as for its protagonist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47424423657708,"sku":"9781839022821","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781839022821.jpg?v=1774768495"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/catherine-fowler.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}