Enfants du Paradis (BFI Film Classics) [Paperback]

Jill Forbes (Author)

Book Description

Series: BFI Film Classics | Publication Date: January 22, 2008

This text looks at one of the masterpieces of French cinema, made under great difficulties during the German occupation in World War II, and set in the world of nineteenth-century Parisian theatre.

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Jill Forbes is Ashley Watkins Professor of French at the University of Bristol and author of The Cinema in France: After the New Wave (BFI/Macmillan)

Product Details

• Paperback: 78 pages
• Publisher: British Film Institute (January 22, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0851703658
• ISBN-13: 978-0851703657
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,510,958 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars c'est d'accord, May 4, 2000

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This review is from: Enfants du Paradis (BFI Film Classics) (Paperback)

As I'm not as big a fan of Carne's filmas the author of this book appears to be, I'm probably not the best qualified to review her study. While I admire the amount of research that has obviously gone into it, her understanding of the histotical and cultural traditions to which it belongs, the film itself seems to get lost somewhere. Unlike many books in the series, we learn little about the author herself and the impact it's had on her life. The historical information is interesting, but it didn't make me want to rush out and watch the movie again.