French Cinema

A Student's Guide

By: Phil Powrie, Keith Reader

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Paperback | 1 April 2003 | Edition Number 2

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What are the Cahiers du cinema ? Which are the most popular French films ? How do you write an essay on a French film ? What is a high-angle shot in French ? When did more French spectators go to see American films than French films ? How do you talk about a short sequence of film ? You can find the answers to these and many more questions in this essential resource for students of French cinema.

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Introduction
History
1896-1929: the silent period
1930-1939: the 'early classic era'- from sound to the Second World War
1939-1945: the war years
1945-1959: le cinema de papa
1959-1968: the New Wave
1968-1981: the New Wave (postscript), realism and comedy
1981-2001: heritage, the look, women, Beurs, Banlieue, Le Jeune Cinema
Conclusion
Theory
1900-1945: early film theory
1945-1960: Andre Bazin and the politique de auteurs
1950-1970: sociology and structuralism
1968-1970: ideology and suture
1970-1980: psychoanalysis and post-structuralism
The space(s) of cinema: Daney, Burch and Gardies
The movement(s) of cinema: Deleuze
The sound(s) of cinema: Chion
Practice
Writing about French films
Essays
Sequence analysis
Appendices
Table 1: History of the French cinema (stars, movements, directors)
Table 2: French theorists of the cinema
Table 3 and Figure 1: numbers of spectators 1945-1999
Table 4 and Figure 2: numbers of films produced 1945-1999
Table 5 and Figure 3: share of the French market 1945-1999
Table 6: best-sellers 1945-1999
Table 7: the top 50 French films 1945-1999 (by number of spectators)
Table 8: French Prizes 1945-1999 (by numbers of spectators)
Table 9: Oscar for Best Foreign Film won by French films
Table 10: key technical terms in English and French
Further Reading
Bibliography
Index of films and proper names
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