French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the PresentA&C Black, 31 mar 2004 - 496 pagine To a large extent, the story of French filmmaking is the story of moviemaking. From the earliest flickering images of the late nineteenth century through the silent era, Surrealist influence, the Nazi Occupation, the glories of the New Wave, and the present, Rémi Lanzoni examines a considerable number of the world's most beloved films. In French Cinema, he focuses his lens on outstanding examples from each era to give the cineaste in each of us new insight into our own favorites. Directors such as Robert Bresson, Marcel Carné, Claude Chabrol, René Clair, Jean Cocteau, Abel Gance, Louis Malle, Jean Renoir, Eric Rohmer, Jacques Tati, and François Truffaut are covered in depth, as are stars such as Arletty, Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Maurice Chevalier, Catherine Deneuve, Max Linder, Jean Marais, Yves Montand, Jeanne Moreau, and Simone Signoret. French Cinema is enhanced by over 100 film stills as well as rare, archival photographs of the personalities who created and informed this superb national tradition. |
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INTRODUCTION | 17 |
FRENCH CINEMA OF | 18 |
THE INVENTION OF MOTION | 23 |
THE GOLDEN AGE OF FRENCH | 53 |
French Cinema and Vichy III | 111 |
Marcel Carné | 124 |
Resistance and Liberation | 136 |
THE POSTWAR ERA | 143 |
JeanPaul Belmondo Michel and Jean Seberg Patricia | 233 |
FRENCH CINEMA OF THE 1970s | 245 |
Yves Montand the deputy in CostaGavrass Z 1969 | 255 |
Jean Gabin Vittorio Malanese Alain Delon Roger | 268 |
François Truffaut and JeanPierre Léaud | 283 |
THE CINEMA OF THE 1980s | 298 |
THE LAST DECADE AND BEYOND | 349 |
ABBREVIATIONS | 419 |
Philippe Leroy Manu Borelli and Jean Keraudy Roland | 191 |
THE YEARS OF THE FRENCH | 195 |
Stéphane Audran Frédérique and Jacqueline Sassard | 219 |
NOTES | 434 |
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