Written by two leading scholars of French film, this study is an introduction to the history and theory of French cinema and an examination of the concepts and techniques involved in the study of film. It features a model essay, sample film analyses, an appendix of statistics, filmography, bibliography and glossary of terms. Phil Powrieis Professor of French Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Research into Film and Media at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Keith Readeris Professor of Modern French Studies at the University of Glasgow. Written by two leading scholars of French film, this study is an introduction to the history and theory of French cinema and an examination of the concepts and techniques involved in the study of film. It features a model essay, sample film analyses, an appendix of statistics, filmography, bibliography and glossary of terms. Written by two leading scholars of French film, this study is an introduction to the history and theory of French cinema and an examination of the concepts and techniques involved in the study of film. It features a model essay, sample film analyses, an appendix of statistics, filmography, bibliography and glossary of terms.

Phil Powrie is Professor of French Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Research into Film and Media at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Keith Reader is Professor of Modern French Studies at the University of Glasgow.

Introduction
History
1896-1929: the silent period
1930-1939: the 'early classic era'- from sound to the Second World War
1939-1945: the war years
1945-1959: le cinema de papa
1959-1968: the New Wave
1968-1981: the New Wave (postscript), realism and comedy
1981-2001: heritage, the look, women, Beurs, Banlieue, Le Jeune Cinema
Conclusion
Theory
1900-1945: early film theory
1945-1960: Andre Bazin and the politique de auteurs
1950-1970: sociology and structuralism
1968-1970: ideology and suture
1970-1980: psychoanalysis and post-structuralism
The space(s) of cinema: Daney, Burch and Gardies
The movement(s) of cinema: Deleuze
The sound(s) of cinema: Chion
Practice
Writing about French films
Essays
Sequence analysis
Appendices
Table 1: History of the French cinema (stars, movements, directors)
Table 2: French theorists of the cinema
Table 3 and Figure 1: numbers of spectators 1945-1999
Table 4 and Figure 2: numbers of films produced 1945-1999
Table 5 and Figure 3: share of the French market 1945-1999
Table 6: best-sellers 1945-1999
Table 7: the top 50 French films 1945-1999 (by number of spectators)
Table 8: French Prizes 1945-1999 (by numbers of spectators)
Table 9: Oscar for Best Foreign Film won by French films
Table 10: key technical terms in English and French
Further Reading
Bibliography
Index of films and proper names
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French Cinema A Student's Guide

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