Cinema of France

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Phil Powrie. Preface by Michel Marie Klappentext An in-depth look at some of the best and most influential French films of all time! The Cinema of France contains 24 essays! each on an individual film. The book features works from the silent period and poetic realism! through the stylistic developments of the New Wave! and up to more contemporary challenging films! from directors such as Abel Gance! Jean Renoir! Marcel Carné! François Truffaut! Jean-Luc Godard! Alain Resnais! Agnès Varda and Luc Besson. Set in chronological order! The Cinema of France provides an illuminating history of this essential national cinema and includes in-depth studies of films such as Un Chien Andalou (1929)! Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953)! Le Samouraï (1967)! Shoah (1985)! Jean de Florette (1986)! Les Visiteurs (1993) and La Haine (1995). Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on contributorsINTRODUCTION Phil Powrie01 NAPOLÉON Maureen Turim 02 UN CHIEN ANDALOU / AN ANDALUSIAN DOG Ramona Fotiade03 LE CRIME DE MONSIEUR LANGE / THE CRIME OF MONSIEUR LANGE Alan Williams04 LA RÈGLE DU JEU / THE RULES OF THE GAME Martin O'Shaughnessy05 LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS / CHILDREN OF PARADISE Ben McCann06 LES VACANCES DE MONSIEUR HULOT / MONSIEUR HULOT'S HOLIDAY Jean-Louis Pautrot07 DU RIFIFI CHEZ LES HOMMES / RIFIFI Graeme Hayes08 LES 400 COUPS / THE FOUR HUNDRED BLOWS Jeff Kline09 A BOUT DE SOUFFLE / BREATHLESS Douglas Morrey10 L'ANNEE DERNIERE A MARIENBAD / LAST YEAR IN MARIENBAD Laura Rascaroli11 CLÉO DE 5 À 7 / CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 Florence Martin 12 LE SAMOURAÏ / THE SAMURAI Tim Palmer13 LA MAMAN ET LA PUTAIN / THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE Martine Pierquin14 LES VALSEUSES / GOING PLACES Pierre Sorlin15 DIVA Will Higbee16 SHOAH Kathryn Robson17 TROIS HOMMES ET UN COUFFIN / THREE MEN AND A CRADLE Brigitte Humbert18 JEAN DE FLORETTE Russell Cousins19 NIKITA Phil Powrie20 LES AMANTS DU PONT-NEUF / THE LOVERS OF PONT-NEUF Wendy Everett21 LES VISITEURS / THE VISITORS Isabelle Vanderschelden22 LA REINE MARGOT / QUEEN MARGOT Alison Smith23 LA HAINE / HATE Dayna Oscherwitz24 Y AURA-T-IL DE LA NEIGE A NOËL / WILL IT SNOW FOR CHRISTMAS? Martine BeugnetFilmographyBibliographyIndex ...

Product details

• Authors: Michel Marie, Phil Powrie, Phil Marie Powrie
• Assisted by: Phil Powrie (Editor)
• Publisher: Wallflower Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.03.2006
• EAN: 9781904764465
• ISBN: 978-1-904764-46-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: 24 Frames; 24 Frames
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV