Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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It is astounding what a loving gaze reveals about masculinity. Looking at men as objects of inherent beauty and passion, there emerges a different story about who they are, and about the tragedy they're suffering in an increasingly cruel world - a thorough look at Claire Denis' Beau Travail.

0:00 On Gender and Filmmaking
1:32 A Man Detached
3:06 Media Analysis and Men
5:56 A Different View on Masculinity
8:44 Restrictive Male Social Structures
11:08 Not Stronger, But Merely Hardened
13:38 Inner Fragility / Outer Cruelty
16:36 The "Crisis" of Modern Masculinity
20:09 A Tragic Image of Liberation

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