The Faber Book of French Cinema

Auteur : Charles Drazin
464 pages
Editions : Faber and Faber
Date de sortie : 17 mars 2011
Langue : Anglais

Prix : ~ 14 £

ISBN-10: 0571218490
ISBN-13: 978-0571218493

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Note de l'éditeur : Offering portraits of such key figures as the Lumière brothers, Georges Méliès, Charles Pathé and Léon Gaumont, he looks at the early pioneers who transformed a fairground novelty into a global industry. The crisis caused by the First World War led France to surrender her position as the world’s dominant film-making power, but French cinema forged a new role for itself as a beacon of cinematic possibility and achievement. Producing such distinctive film-makers as Jean Renoir, Marcel Pagnol, Sachy Guitry and Julien Duvivier, the French cinema’s Golden Age boasted an intelligence, maturity and flair that classical Hollywood could admire but struggle to emulate. Suggesting a Gallic attitude that has always considered the cinema to be as much a cause as a business, Drazin looks at the extraordinary resilience of the French film industry during the Second World War when, in spite of the national catastrophe of defeat and occupation, it was still able to produce such classics as Le Corbeau and "Les Enfants du Paradis". Finally, he traces its remarkable post-war regeneration. He looks at the seminal impact of the New Wave of film-makers - typified by Truffaut and Godard - but also at the other waves that have followed since. As he brings the story up-to-date - with Jacques Audiard's award-winning A Prophet - he seeks to capture the essence of the French film tradition and why it continues to matter to anyone who cares about the cinema.

Comments

[Rédigé par : Rocket French]

The Faber Book of French Cinema is a very clear and detailed book on the French cinema. Highly recommended for English speakers.
Romy Schneider was a wonderful actress. She was memorable in "Le Vieux Fusil" (The Old Gun).
Thank you for your great site !

Cathy

[Rédigé par : Inoubliable Romy (the big chef d'ici)]

Thank you Cathy for your help !