French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present - Brossura

Lanzoni, Remi

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ISBN 10: 0826416004 ISBN 13: 9780826416001

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury USA Academic, 2004

Riassunto

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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Recensione

Covering material ranging from the Lumieres to Pitof's Vidocq (2001), 'the first all-digital feature film,' this crammed survey provides an excellent introduction to a hardy national cinema-and to film in general.... This engaging, readable book provides all one needs to know about French film. Essential. --Choice

L'autore

Rémi Fournier Lanzoni, author of French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present, also published by Continuum International, teaches Italian at Wake Forest University, North Carolina.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Bloomsbury USA Academic
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0826416004
• ISBN 13: 9780826416001
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 496