Contemporary French Cinema: An IntroductionThis introductory text analyzes 25 years of popular French film including recent developments in all genres. Reflecting French cinema's diversity since the new Wave, chapters include the Heritage film; thrillers; war movies; Cinema-du-Look; representations of sexuality; women film-makers; and others. Each chapter introduces the public reception and critical debates surrounding a given genre, interwoven with detailed accounts of individual films from Les Valseuses to Les Visiteurs and Delicatessen. |
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Holocaust documentary the war film and national | 18 |
Representations of sexuality | 46 |
Claire Denis Martine Dugowson | 91 |
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Adjani Agnès Varda Alain Antoine audience auteurs Bertrand Blier Bertrand Tavernier Beur Cahiers du cinéma camera Camille Carax Céline chapter characterised cinéma du look Claude Chabrol close-up colour comedy Contemporary French cinema Corneau cultural Daney death director Dominique Duras Éliane fantasy female femme film noir film-makers film's frame France François Truffaut French film Gérard Depardieu heritage film heritage genre Hollywood Holocaust documentary Isabelle Jacques Jean de Florette Jean-Claude Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Pierre Lacombe Lanzmann Léon Les Valseuses London Luc Besson Lucien male Marcel melodrama Merci la Vie Michel million spectators mise en scène murder narrative narrator nouvelle vague novel Nuit Ophüls Pagnol Paris Petiot Philippe Pialat Pierre pitié play plot polar police popular Prédal production protagonists récit Renato Renoir Representations of sexuality Saganne scene screen sequence Shoah shot sound-track spectacle style stylised Tavernier's television thriller throughout the film Valseuses Visiteurs voice-over voyeur woman women Yves