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Addresses the creative and often unexpected trajectory of French cinema, which continues to be one of the most provocative and engaging cinemas in the world. Tracing French film and its developments from the earliest days through the Occupation and Liberation, Neupert outlines major players and films that made it so influential.

Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Science and Visual Culture in Nineteenth-Century France
  • 2 LumiÈre, MÉliÈs, and the Rise of Cinema in France
  • 3 PathÉ and Gaumont Create a French Film Industry
  • 4 French Production Practices of the 1920s: Revitalizing Art and Industry
  • 5 Early 1930s French Cinema: The Transition to Sound
  • 6 Late 1930s French Cinema: Innovative Style, Politics, and Poetic Realism
  • 7 Occupation Cinema: A Fractured Nation and Film Community
  • 8 Epilogue: Toward a New Era in French Cinema
  • Bibliography
  • Index

    French Film History 18951946 Volume 1

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        Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
        Publication Date: Publication Date: 31/07/2022
        ISBN13: 9780299337704, 978-0299337704
        ISBN10: 0299337707

        Description

        Book Synopsis
        Addresses the creative and often unexpected trajectory of French cinema, which continues to be one of the most provocative and engaging cinemas in the world. Tracing French film and its developments from the earliest days through the Occupation and Liberation, Neupert outlines major players and films that made it so influential.

        Table of Contents
        • List of Illustrations
        • Acknowledgments
        • 1 Science and Visual Culture in Nineteenth-Century France
        • 2 LumiÈre, MÉliÈs, and the Rise of Cinema in France
        • 3 PathÉ and Gaumont Create a French Film Industry
        • 4 French Production Practices of the 1920s: Revitalizing Art and Industry
        • 5 Early 1930s French Cinema: The Transition to Sound
        • 6 Late 1930s French Cinema: Innovative Style, Politics, and Poetic Realism
        • 7 Occupation Cinema: A Fractured Nation and Film Community
        • 8 Epilogue: Toward a New Era in French Cinema
        • Bibliography
        • Index

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