Guy Austin

Contemporary French cinema

An introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This clearly-written and lively introduction analyses 25 years of popular French film including recent developments in all genres. Reflecting French cinema's diversity since the New Wave, chapters include the Heritage Film; Thrillers; War Movies; Cinema-du-Look; representations of sexuality; women film-makers; and much more. Each chapter introduces the public reception and critical debates surrounding a given genre, interwoven with detailed accounts of individual films from" Les Valseuses" to "Les Visiteurs" and "Delicatessen." Those looking at French film for the first time will have the opportunity to read at length about the internationally renowned work of Cinema-du-Look directors Luc Besson, Jean-Jacques Beineix and Leos Carax, as well as the recent blockbusters of the Heritage genre from "Cyrano de Bergerac "and" Jean de Florette" to "Germinal "and" La Reine Margot." There is also a useful glossary and detailed filmography.

Produktdetails

• Inside Popular Film
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 316g
• ISBN-13: 9780719046117
• ISBN-10: 0719046114
• Artikelnr.: 21728442

Autorenporträt

Guy Austin is Reader in French at the University of Sheffield

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: histoire/s du cinema. 2. Documentary, History, Nationality
since 1968. 3. Representations of Sexuality. 4. Women's Cinema. 5. The
polar: France and Hollywood. 6. Cinema du look: la nouvelle nouvelle vague.
7. Conclusion: France and Hollywood. Glossary, Filmography and
Bibliography.