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Examines a significant moment in French cultural history: the emergence of French film theory and criticism before the essays of Andr Bazin. This title devises an organizational scheme of six nearly symmetrical periods that serve to 'bite into' the discursive flow of early French writing on the cinema.

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Winner of the Jay Leyda Prize in Cinema Studies, Anthology Film Archives "Constitutes an excellent research tool for scholars of French cinema but also, importantly, for those concerned with the development of film theory and criticism generally."--Ginette Vincendeau, Screen "[Richard Abel] has put all interested in French cinema deeply in his debt."--D. J. Wenden, English Historical Review

French Film Theory and Criticism A History

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/09/1993
      ISBN13: 9780691000633, 978-0691000633
      ISBN10: 0691000638

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      Book Synopsis
      Examines a significant moment in French cultural history: the emergence of French film theory and criticism before the essays of Andr Bazin. This title devises an organizational scheme of six nearly symmetrical periods that serve to 'bite into' the discursive flow of early French writing on the cinema.

      Trade Review
      Winner of the Jay Leyda Prize in Cinema Studies, Anthology Film Archives "Constitutes an excellent research tool for scholars of French cinema but also, importantly, for those concerned with the development of film theory and criticism generally."--Ginette Vincendeau, Screen "[Richard Abel] has put all interested in French cinema deeply in his debt."--D. J. Wenden, English Historical Review

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