This Is An Accessible Survey Of Key Topics In French Cinema From The 1890s To The 21st Century. It Proposes New Insights Into Familiar Areas And Sets Out A Fresh Agenda For Study And Appreciation. The Book Combines Historical Context And Background Information With Case-studies And Analysis. General Introduction : Rethinking French Cinema / Michael Temple And Michael Witt -- Part One : 1890-1930. Introduction : Hello Cinema! / Michael Temple And Michael Witt -- People : The Men And Women Who Made French Cinema / Richard Abel -- Business : A Re-examination Of Key Milestones In The Development Of The Industry / Michelle Millar -- Technology : The Drive To Mechanisation And Digitisation / Alison Mcmahan -- Forms : The Shifting Boundaries Of Art And Industry / Ian Christie -- Representations : Mutability And Fixity In Early French Cinema / Vicki Callahan -- Spectators : The Cinemising Process : Filmgoing In The Silent Era / Elizabeth Ezra -- Debates : Thinking About Cinema : First Waves / Monica Dall'asta -- Selected Further Reading : 1890-1930 -- Part Two : 1930-60. Introduction : Classicism And Conflict / Michael Temple And Michael Witt -- People : Migration And Exile In The Classical Period / Alastair Phillips --^ Business : Anarchy And Order In The Classic Cinema Industry / Colin Crisp -- Technology : Imported Technologies In French Film-making / Charles O'brien -- Forms : The Art Of Spectacle : The Aesthetics Of Classical French Cinema / Ginette Vincendeau -- Representations : The Geography And Topography Of French Cinema / Keith Reader -- Spectators : The Golden Age Of Spectatorship / Gregory Sims -- Debates : Critical Debate And The Construction Of Society / Christopher Faulkner -- Selected Further Reading : 1930-60 -- Part Three : 1960-2004. Introduction : A New World / Michael Temple And Michael Witt -- People : The Other Auteurs : Producers, Cinematographers And Scriptwriters / Alison Smith -- Business : A Certain Idea Of The Film Industry / Laurent Creton And Anne Jäckel -- Technology : From Images Of The World To The World Of Images / Laurent Jullier And Lucy Mazdon -- Forms : 'for It Is The Critical Faculty That Invents Fresh Forms' / Nicole Brenez --^ Representations : Parisian Images And National Transformations / Naomi Greene -- Spectators : The Decline, Fall And Rebirth In Cinemagoing / Sue Harris -- Debates : The Exercise Was Beneficial, Monsieur Daney / James S. Williams -- Selected Further Reading : 1960-2004. Edited By Michael Temple And Michael Witt. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
Author: Michael Temple (Editor) |Michael Witt (Editor)
ISBN: 9781844570126
Formart: Paperback
Pages: 294
Dimension: 25 x 250
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