Conclusion: Towards an Aesthetics of Visual Opacity

Chabrol’s filmography greatly gains in depth and significance by being examined as a whole. Following in Balzac’s footsteps, Chabrol subscribed to the idea that an œuvre is above all a mosaic, made of pieces that may very well be uneven in quality but that, ultimately, provide an overarching structure and a unifying vision. So what exactly is this ‘very precise vision of things’...