French films have always been popular with English-speaking audiences, but surprisingly few critical studies are available in English in single-volume form. This new look at classic French films, from the 1920s to the 1980s, provides detailed analyses of central texts within the canon of French cinema. Whether unavoidable 'monuments' like Gance's Napoleon , critical cult films like Resanis's Hiroshima, mon amour and Godard's Le Mepris , popular classics such as Carne's Les Enfants du paradis , or Tati's es Vacances de M. Hulot, or recent works of the calibre of Rohmer's Les Nuits de la pleine lune or Varda's Sans toit ni loi , they have all become part of an essential French repertory. The essays in this collection investigate the different ways in which these and other films textually inscribe and rework a variety of other cultural and historical texts. The diversity of disciplines - history, literary studies, semiotics, psychoanalytic - that form the background of the contributors' work guarantees such a variety of approach, making this an informative and challenging study for students of French cinema and cultural studies, as well as for lovers of French film.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
...Hayward and Vincendeau's attention to the cultural specificity of French cinematic production as well as a wider interest in the medium as a whole has culminated in a rigorous examination of these films not only as cultural artifacts but also as technical and creative master productions to be studied and enjoyed by all.
–L'Esprit Createur, Vol. 42, No.3 (Fall 2002), Meaghan Emery
An excellent new introduction never once forces generalities. The book's value is clear: all readers, whether they have seen the films or not, will profit from reading these essays.
–Choice --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.
–L'Esprit Createur, Vol. 42, No.3 (Fall 2002), Meaghan Emery
An excellent new introduction never once forces generalities. The book's value is clear: all readers, whether they have seen the films or not, will profit from reading these essays.
–Choice --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.
About the Author
Susan Hayward is [title to be confirmed] at the University of Exeter. She is the author of French National Cinema (1990) and Key Concepts in Cinema Studies (1996). Ginette Vincendeau is [title to be confirmed] at the University of Warwick.
--This text refers to the
Library Binding
edition.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very pleased,
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: French Film : Texts and Contexts (Paperback)
The book arrived as scheduled and in great shape. I'm very pleased with this purchase!
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
In discussions of the filmmaking career of Germaine Dulac there is often a certain tendency to contrast what are perceived as the two poles of her work, to compare two conflicting - and consecutive - cinematic practices. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
modem studio spectacular, auteur cinema, des brumes, les toits, des cerises, pleine lune, est une femme, sound cinema, politique des auteurs, filmmaking practices, des films, mon amour Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Renoir, Mme Beudet, Abel Gance, New Wave, Popular Front, Marcel Pagnol, Eric Rohmer, Jean Gabin, Marcel L'Herbier, Alain Resnais, Germaine Dulac, Julien Duvivier, Paul Godard, Poetic Realism, Fritz Lang, Jacques Becker, Maurice Pialat, Robert Bresson, Editions du Cerf, Emile Zola, Evelyne Ker, Wide Angle, Jacques Tati New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
In discussions of the filmmaking career of Germaine Dulac there is often a certain tendency to contrast what are perceived as the two poles of her work, to compare two conflicting - and consecutive - cinematic practices. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
modem studio spectacular, auteur cinema, des brumes, les toits, des cerises, pleine lune, est une femme, sound cinema, politique des auteurs, filmmaking practices, des films, mon amour Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Renoir, Mme Beudet, Abel Gance, New Wave, Popular Front, Marcel Pagnol, Eric Rohmer, Jean Gabin, Marcel L'Herbier, Alain Resnais, Germaine Dulac, Julien Duvivier, Paul Godard, Poetic Realism, Fritz Lang, Jacques Becker, Maurice Pialat, Robert Bresson, Editions du Cerf, Emile Zola, Evelyne Ker, Wide Angle, Jacques Tati New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 100
books:
See all 100 books this book cites
- What Is Cinema? Vol. 1 by Andre Bazin on 4 pages
- Film in the Aura of Art by Andrew Dudley in Front Matter, page 145, and Back Matter
- Rules of the Game by Jean Renoir on page 101, page 126, and page 296
- A Woman Is a Woman by Jean Luc Godard on page 64, page 214, and page 229
- Film in the Aura of Art by James Dudley Andrew in Front Matter, page 145, and Back Matter
See all 100 books this book cites
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Listmania!
So You'd Like to...
|
|
