Štýlová poetika francúzskeho filmového režiséra Jeana-Pierra Mockyho
Style poetics of French film director Jean-Pierre Mocky

Summary/Abstract: Jean-Pierre Mocky represents the independent French director of distinctive comedy and genre films which protrude from the traditional production. In this post we attempted to introduce specific poetics of this director with emphasis on style analysis of film The Big Scare or The City of the Unspeakable Fear (La Grande Frousse ou La Cité de l'indicible peur) from 1964. In the conclusion we have reviewed the author's approach to the horror and detective genre in The Big Scare can be seen as very original and unconventional for its time. From the field of horror and fantasy, Mocky selects several elements in terms of visual stylization, space and selected motifs, but they actually serve as a means to setting of the satire, absurdist and black humour and plot construction involving mystification. Several procedures and motifs used in Mocky's film are based on the tradition of the horror and detective genre, which Mocky, in combination with elements of grotesque, satire and absurdity, simultaneously moves into a parody. The main character of police inspector Triquet, played by the comedian Bourvil, contains a hidden social attitude against the capital punishment.

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