Title:
The cinema of France
Author:
Powrie, Phil.
ISBN:
9781904764465
9781904764472
Publication Information:
London ; New York : Wallflower, 2006.
Physical Description:
xv, 283 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series:
24 frames.
Series Title:
24 frames.
General Note:
Formerly CIP.
Contents:
1. Napoleon / Maureen Turim -- 2. An Andalusian dog / Ramona Fotiade -- 3. The crime of Monsieur Lange / Alan Williams -- 4. The rules of the game / Martin O'Shaughnessy -- 5. Children of paradise / Ben McCann -- 6. Monsieur Hulot's holiday / Jean-Louis Pautrot -- 7. Rififi / Graeme Hayes -- 8. The four hundred blows / T. Jefferson Kline -- 9. Breathless / Douglas Morrey -- 10. Last year in Marienbad / Laura Rascaroli -- 11. Cleo from 5 to 7 / Florence Martin -- 12. The godson / Tim Palmer -- 13. The mother and the whore / Martine Pierquin -- 14. Going places / Pierre Sorlin -- 15. Diva / Will Higbee -- 16. Shoah / Kathryn Robson.
17. Three men and a cradle / Brigitte E. Humbert -- 18. Jean de Florette / Russell Cousins -- 19. Nikita / Phil Powrie -- 20. The lovers of Pont-Neuf / Wendy Everett -- 21. The visitors / Isabelle Vanderschelden -- 22. Queen Margot / Alison Smith -- 23. Hate / Dayna Oscherwitz -- 24. Will it snow for Christmas? / Martine Beugnet.
Abstract:
"The Cinema of France is an in-depth look at some of the best and most influential French films of all time, containing 24 essays, each on an individual key 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."--BOOK JACKET.
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