What is it about?
A description of "La Classe américaine", aka "Le Grand Détournement", a French gag dub based on a collage of excerpts from about 40 films to create a new, nonsensical narrative.
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Why is it important?
This cult film has received very little academic attention so far.
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Looking forward to learning more on the creation process of this one-of-a-kind audiovisual product.
Simon Labate
Universite de Namur
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This page is a summary of: La Classe américaine, English Text Construction, June 2017, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/etc.10.1.02lab.
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