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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Good text for a course
I have used the first edition of Guy Austin's text in teaching film to undergraduate students, supplementing with articles and/or other texts. It provides a nice overview of French cinema, and lots of relevant examples, from which I can choose cinematic clips to illustrate the points. It's an easy read and includes some photos. I'm glad there is a new...
Published on December 16, 2009 by Cynthia Hahn
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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too contemporary to be aptly critical
Contemporary French Cinema is certainly helpful as it is one of only a few books to be published in English about French cinema from 1980 on. Unfortunately, as is common with many contemporary cultural studies, the book lacks a historical perspective, and therefore explores some avenues that may be relatively insignificant, while glancing over others that perhaps should...
Published on February 23, 2003 by Jonah Schwartz
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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too contemporary to be aptly critical,
By Jonah Schwartz (New Brunswick, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Contemporary French Cinema: An Introduction (Paperback)
Contemporary French Cinema is certainly helpful as it is one of only a few books to be published in English about French cinema from 1980 on. Unfortunately, as is common with many contemporary cultural studies, the book lacks a historical perspective, and therefore explores some avenues that may be relatively insignificant, while glancing over others that perhaps should have been studied more closely. This book is also a little too unorganized, with Austin moving rather uneloquently between subjects, movements, and genres. Still, it gives a nice overview of stylistic tendencies and movements of contemporary French film.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Good text for a course,
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This review is from: Contemporary French Cinema, 2nd Edition (Paperback)
I have used the first edition of Guy Austin's text in teaching film to undergraduate students, supplementing with articles and/or other texts.
It provides a nice overview of French cinema, and lots of relevant examples, from which I can choose cinematic clips to illustrate the points. It's an easy read and includes some photos. I'm glad there is a new edition that will have some updated material as well. |
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Contemporary French Cinema: An Introduction by Guy Austin (Paperback - November 15, 1996)
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