{"product_id":"republic-of-images-history-of-french-filmmaking-harvard-film-studies-a-history-of-french-filmmaking-oxford-medical-publications-9780674762688","title":"Republic of Images History of French Filmmaking","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRepublic of Images traces the evolution of French filmmaking from 1895the year of the debut of the Cinematographe in Paristo the present day. Alan Williams offers a unique synthesis of history, biography, aesthetics and film theory. He captures the formal and stylistic developments of film in France over nearly one hundred years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe history of French cinema is the history of cinema. -- Nestor Almendros\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Film Titles and Dates  Introduction    Part I: French Cinema Dominates the World Market   1. The Cinema Before Cinema  2. An Industry Begins  3. Growth and Diversification   Part II: The Golden Age of the Silent Film   4. Decline and Mutation  5. The Mental and the Physical  6. The Commercial and the Esoteric   Part III: The Golden Age of the Sound Cinema   7. An Unexpected Upheaval  8. Art and Entertainment in the Sound Film  9. Politics, Poetics, and the Cinema   Part IV: A New Kind of Cinema   10. War and Occupation  11. Liberation-Change and Continuity  12. An Alternative Film Culture   Part V: The Nouvelle Vague and After   13. Fourth Wave  14. Filmmaking at the Margins  15. Winds of Change    Notes   Bibliography   Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403608924503,"sku":"9780674762688","price":37.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674762688.jpg?v=1730483978","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/republic-of-images-history-of-french-filmmaking-harvard-film-studies-a-history-of-french-filmmaking-oxford-medical-publications-9780674762688","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}