French Film History 1895 1946

Author : Richard Neupert
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN 13 : 0299337707
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book French Film History, 1895–1946 written by Richard Neupert and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: French Film History, 1895–1946 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, when France dominated world cinema, up through the Occupation and Liberation, Neupert outlines major players and films that made it so influential. Paris held a privileged position as one of the world’s hubs of scientific, social, and cultural experimentation; it is no wonder that the cinema as we know it was born there in the nineteenth century. This book presents French cinema’s most significant creative filmmakers and movies but also details the intricate relations between technology, economics, and government that helped shape the unique conditions for cinematic experimentation in the country. Neupert explains the contexts behind the rise of cinema in France, including groundbreaking work by the Lumière family, Georges Méliès, and Alice Guy; the powerhouse studios of Pathé and Gaumont; directors such as René Clair, Germaine Dulac, Marcel Pagnol, and Jean Renoir; and an array of stars, including Max Linder, Jean Gabin, Josephine Baker, and Michèle Morgan. The first fifty years of French film practice established cinema’s cultural and artistic potential, setting the stage for the global post–World War II explosion in commercial movies and art cinema alike. French film and its rich history remain at the heart of cinematic storytelling and our moviegoing pleasure.

Author : Roy Armes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book French Cinema Since 1946 written by Roy Armes and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Abel
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520079361
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cine Goes to Town written by Richard Abel and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998-06 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of French film

Author : Roy Armes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book French Cinema Since 1946: The personal style written by Roy Armes and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roy Armes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book French cinema since 1946 written by Roy Armes and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christine Leteux
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN 13 : 0299339807
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Continental Films written by Christine Leteux and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1940 to 1944, the German-owned Continental Films dominated the French film landscape, producing thirty features throughout the Nazi occupation. Charged with producing entertaining and profitable films rather than propaganda, producer Alfred Greven employed some of the greatest French actors and most prestigious directors of the time, including Maurice Tourneur, Henri Decoin, Henri-Georges Clouzot, and Marcel Carné. Using recently opened archival documents, including reams of testimony from the épuration (purification) hearings conducted shortly after the war, Christine Leteux has produced the most authoritative and complete history of the company and its impact on the French film industry—both during the war and after. She captures the wide range of responses to the firm from those who were eager to work for a company whose ideology matched their own, to others who reluctantly accepted contracts out of necessity, to those who abhorred the company but felt compelled to participate in order to protect family members from Nazi reprisals. She examines not only the formation and management of Continental Films but also the personalities involved, the fraught and often deadly political circumstances of the period, the critical reception of the films, and many of the more notorious and controversial events. As Bertrand Tavernier explains in his foreword, Leteux overturns many of the preconceptions and clichés that have come to be associated with Continental Films. Published to rave reviews in French and translated by the author into English, this work shatters expectations and will reinvigorate study of a lesser-known but significant period of French film history.

Author : Yuxin Ma
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN 13 : 0299340201
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colonial Tactics and Everyday Life written by Yuxin Ma and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2023-01-17 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the Japanese invasion of northeast China in 1931, the occupying authorities established the Manchuria Film Association to promote film production efficiency and serve Japan’s propaganda needs. Manchuria Film Association had two tasks: to make “national policy films” as part of a cultural mission of educating Chinese in Manchukuo (the puppet state created in 1932) on the special relationship between Japan and the region, and to block the exhibition of Chinese films from Shanghai that contained anti-Japanese messages. The corporation relied on Japanese capital, technology, and film expertise, but it also employed many Chinese filmmakers. After the withdrawal of Japanese forces in 1945, many of these individuals were portrayed as either exploited victims or traitorous collaborators. Yuxin Ma seeks to move the conversation beyond such simplistic and inaccurate depictions. By focusing on the daily challenges and experiences of the Chinese workers at the corporation, Ma examines how life was actually lived by people navigating between practical and ideological concerns. She illustrates how the inhabitants of Manchukuo navigated social opportunities, economic depression, educational reforms, fascist rule, commercial interests, practical daily needs, and more—and reveals ways in which these conflicting preoccupations sometimes manifested as tension and ambiguity on screen. In the battle between repression and expression, these Chinese actors, directors, writers, and technicians adopted defensive and opportunistic tactics. They did so in colonial spaces, often rejecting modernist representations of Manchukuo in favor of venerating traditional Chinese culture and values. The expertise, skills, and professional networks they developed extended well beyond the occupation into the postwar period, and may individuals reestablished themselves as cinema professionals in the socialist era.

Author : Roy Armes
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book French Cinema Since 1946. [Illustr.] (1. Publ.) Vol. 1.2 written by Roy Armes and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Calder
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN 13 : 029934620X
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Somerset Maugham and the Cinema written by Robert Calder and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2024 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was one of the most prominent and productive authors of the twentieth century--and his works have been among the most cinematically transformed in history. For more than five decades, adaptations of his plays, stories, and novels dominated movie theaters and, later, television screens. More than ninety individual works were filmed, and for many filmgoers his name was a greater draw than that of the director. Works such as Of Human Bondage, "The Letter," The Painted Veil, "Rain," The Razor's Edge, and others were produced multiple times, with starring roles sought by actors like Bette Davis, Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo, Lionel Barrymore, Charles Laughton, and Bill Murray. This study of the famous author explores the relationship between literature and film, what is involved in adaptation, and how best to judge films based on celebrated books. Robert Calder, the world's leading scholar of Maugham's work, offers fascinating production histories, insight into both fortunate and misguided casting decisions, shrewd analyses of performances and film techniques, and summaries of public and critical responses. Maugham's characters were often conflicted, iconoclastic, and morally out of step with their times, which may have accounted for the popularity of his fiction. Most of Maugham's works could be adapted to satisfy the tastes of moviegoers and the demands of the Hays Office censors, if not the expectations of their author.

Author : Georges Sadoul
Publisher : New York : Arno Press, 1972 [c1953]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book French Film written by Georges Sadoul and published by New York : Arno Press, 1972 [c1953]. This book was released on 1972 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: