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This volume in the French Film Directors series has been long-awaited by students and academics of French and European cinema in particular and by Film Studies students in general.

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Jonathan Driskell contributes appreciably to a fleshing-out of Carné's later career, by way of succinct but well-contextualized analyses of his less familiar films., Keith Reader, University of London Institute in Paris, French Studies, vol 67, no 2, April 2013, May 2013 -- .

Table of Contents

1. Marcel Carné’s career and reception: the highs and lows
2. Poetic realism
3. The Second World War and its aftermath
4. Post-war cinema and the tradition of quality
5. The French new wave
6. The end of a long career
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/05/2012
      ISBN13: 9780719079979, 978-0719079979
      ISBN10: 719079977

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume in the French Film Directors series has been long-awaited by students and academics of French and European cinema in particular and by Film Studies students in general.

      Trade Review
      Jonathan Driskell contributes appreciably to a fleshing-out of Carné's later career, by way of succinct but well-contextualized analyses of his less familiar films., Keith Reader, University of London Institute in Paris, French Studies, vol 67, no 2, April 2013, May 2013 -- .

      Table of Contents

      1. Marcel Carné’s career and reception: the highs and lows
      2. Poetic realism
      3. The Second World War and its aftermath
      4. Post-war cinema and the tradition of quality
      5. The French new wave
      6. The end of a long career
      Index

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