French Film: Texts and Contexts

Author: Hayward Susan

Brand: Routledge

Edition: 2

Number Of Pages: 368

Details: About the Author

Susan Hayward is [title to be confirmed] at the University of Exeter. She is the author of French National Cinema (1990) and Key Concepts in Cinema Studies (1996). Ginette Vincendeau is [title to be confirmed] at the University of Warwick.

Product Description

The second edition of this innovative textbook brings together leading scholars to provide detailed analyses of twenty-two key films within the canon of French cinema, from the 1920s to the 1990s. Films discussed include:
* masterpieces such as Renoir’s La Bete Humaine and Carne’s Les Enfants du Paradis
* popular classics such as Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot and Ma Nuit chez Maud
* landmarks of the New Wave such as Les 400 Coups and A bout de souffle
* important films of the 1990s such as Nikita and La Haine
The films are considered in relation to such issues as the history of French cinema, the social and cultural contexts of their production and reception, the relationship with Hollywood cinema, gender politics, authorship and genre. Each article is accompanied with a guide to further reading and a filmography of the director, and the new edition also includes a fully revised introduction and a bibliography on French cinema.

Review

Praise for the first edition: `Each essay is admirably scholarly, with conscientious notes, bibliography, filmography; the book has its own long useful bibliography … This is film criticism at its most professional.’ – Choice

Release Date: 02-02-2000

Package Dimensions: 23x231x408