A companion to contemporary French cinema /
A Companion to Contemporary French Cinema presents a comprehensive collection of original essays addressing all aspects of French cinema from 1990 to the present day. Featuring contributions from an international cast of established and emerging scholars of French cinema, these innovative essays hig...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA, USA :
Wiley Blackwell,
2015.
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| Series: | Wiley-Blackwell companions to national cinemas.
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| Summary: | A Companion to Contemporary French Cinema presents a comprehensive collection of original essays addressing all aspects of French cinema from 1990 to the present day. Featuring contributions from an international cast of established and emerging scholars of French cinema, these innovative essays highlight the diversity of French films and film-making techniques that have emerged since the New Wave era. Themes and topics covered include the social, political, and cultural contexts of recent French cinema; contemporary film-makers and performers; genres, cycles, and cinematic forms; gender and sexuality; and emerging trends and innovative new film-making forms. Among the French films examined in depth are hit comedies including Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis and Intouchables, blockbusters such as The Crimson Rivers, police films like 36th Precinct, historical films such as Farewell My Queen and Days of Glory, celebrated animated features such as Kirikou and the Sorceress, films representative of the "new French extreme," such as Romance, Baise-moi, and Trouble Every Day, and numerous auteur films ranging from Bruno Dumont's Hors Satan and Frantois Ozon's shorts to Pascale Ferran's Lady Chatterley and Alain Guiraudie's L'lnconnu du lac. Combining cutting-edge scholarship with wide-ranging methodological approaches and perspectives, A Companion to Contemporary French Cinema is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of French film, as well as all those interested in the evolution of this celebrated cinematic tradition. Alistair Fox is Professor Emeritus at the University of Otago. Michel Marie is Professor Emeritus at l'Universite Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3. Raphadlle Moine is Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at l'Universite Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3. Hilary Radner is Professor of Film and Media Studies in the Department of History and Art History at the University of Otago --Book Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 691 pages.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 631-654) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781118585405 (electronic bk.) 1118585402 (electronic bk.) |