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Description: French Cinema by Dudley Andrew It is often claimed that the French invented cinema, and although their prominence may have been supplanted by Hollywood today, the French film industry remains both prolific and highly lauded. Exploring the entire French cinematic oeuvre, Andrew teases out the distinguishing themes, to bring the defining features of French cinema to light. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description It is often claimed that the French invented cinema. Dominating the production and distribution of cinema until World War 1, when they were supplanted by Hollywood, the French cinema industry encompassed all genres, from popular entertainment to avant-garde practice. The French invented the "auteur" and the "ciné-club"; they incubated criticism from the 1920s to our own day that is unrivalled; and they boast more film journals, fanmagazines, TV shows, and festivals devoted to film than anywhere else. This Very Short Introduction opens up French cinema through focusing on some of its most notable works, using the lens of the New Wavedecade (1958-1968) that changed cinema worldwide. Exploring the entire French cinematic oeuvre, Dudley Andrew teases out distinguishing themes, tendencies, and lineages, to bring what is most crucial about French Cinema into alignment. He discusses how style has shaped the look of female stars and film form alike, analysing the "made up" aesthetic of many films, and the paradoxical penchant for French cinema to cruelly unmask surface beauty in quests for authenticity. Discussing how Frenchcinema as a whole pits strong-willed characters against auteurs with high-minded ideas of film art, funded by French cinemas close rapport to literature, painting, and music, Dudley considers how theNew Wave emerged from these struggles, becoming an emblem of ambition for cinema that persists today. He goes on to show how the values promulgated by the New Wave directors brought the three decades that preceded it into focus, and explores the deep resonance of those values today, fifty years later. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subjectarea. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challengingtopics highly readable. Author Biography Dudley Andrew is Professor of Film and Comparative Literature at Yale University. Biographer of André Bazin, he extends Bazins thought in both What Cinema Is! (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011), and in the edited volume Opening Bazin (OUP, 2012). Working in aesthetics, hermeneutics, and cultural history, he published Film in the Aura of Art (Princeton University Press, 1984), before turning to French film with Mists of Regret(Princeton University Press, 1995) and Popular Front Paris (Harvard University Press, 2005). For these publications, he was named Officier de lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. Table of Contents Introduction1: The makeup of French film and its demaquillage: Jeanne Moreau2: The insurgency of the authentic and the regime of strong fathers : Jean Gabin3: Renoir and Bresson: two incomparable sources4: An intellectual cinema looks back to tradition and forward to the end of history5: The school of the New Wave and the lessons it has taughtFurther readingIndex Long Description It is often claimed that the French invented cinema. Dominating the production and distribution of cinema until World War 1, when they were supplanted by Hollywood, the French cinema industry encompassed all genres, from popular entertainment to avant-garde practice. The French invented the "auteur" and the "cin Feature Explores films from all periods of French cinema through a thematic approach, identifying linking motifs and the lineage of cinematic styleClarifies French cinemas relation to Hollywood and other cinemasConsiders the impact of major eras in Frances recent history on French cinemaAnalyses French films relationship with contemporary art, literature, music, and dramaPart of the Very Short Introductions series - ove rnine million copies sold worldwide Details ISBN0198718616 Author Dudley Andrew Publisher Oxford University Press Series Very Short Introductions ISBN-10 0198718616 ISBN-13 9780198718611 Format Paperback Imprint Oxford University Press Subtitle A Very Short Introduction Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Language English Illustrations 15 black and white images Year 2023 Publication Date 2023-10-26 NZ Release Date 2023-10-26 UK Release Date 2023-10-26 Pages 192 Audience General AU Release Date 2019-06-05 DEWEY 791.430944 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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