The French cinema book. (2004)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Michael Temple and Michael Witt.
• Other Names: Temple, Michael, 1963-; Witt, Michael; British Film Institute.
• Contents: General introduction : Rethinking French cinema / Michael Temple and Michael Witt -- Part one : 1890-1930. Introduction : Hello cinema! / Michael Temple and Michael Witt ; People : the men and women who made French cinema / Richard Abel ; Business : a re-examination of key milestones in the development of the industry / Michelle Millar ; Technology : the drive to mechanisation and digitisation / Alison McMahan ; Forms : the shifting boundaries of art and industry / Ian Christie ; Representations : mutability and fixity in early French cinema / Vicki Callahan ; Spectators : the cinemising process : filmgoing in the silent era / Elizabeth Ezra ; Debates : thinking about cinema : first waves / Monica Dall'Asta -- Selected further reading : 1890-1930 -- Part two : 1930-60. Introduction : Classicism and conflict / Michael Temple and Michael Witt ; People : migration and exile in the classical period / Alastair Phillips ; Business : anarchy and order in the classic cinema industry / Colin Crisp ; Technology : imported technologies in French film-making / Charles O'Brien ; Forms : the art of spectacle : the aesthetics of classical French cinema / Ginette Vincendeau ; Representations : the geography and topography of French cinema / Keith Reader ; Spectators : the golden age of spectatorship / Gregory Sims ; Debates : critical debate and the construction of society / Christopher Faulkner ; Selected further reading : 1930-60 -- Part three : 1960-2004. Introduction : A new world / Michael Temple and Michael Witt ; People : the other auteurs : producers, cinematographers and scriptwriters / Alison Smith ; Business : a certain idea of the film industry / Laurent Creton and Anne Jäckel ; Technology : from images of the world to the world of images / Laurent Jullier and Lucy Mazdon ; Forms : 'For it is the critical faculty that invents fresh forms' / Nicole Brenez ; Representations : Parisian images and national transformations / Naomi Greene -- Spectators : the decline, fall and rebirth in cinemagoing / Sue Harris -- Debates : the exercise was beneficial, Monsieur Daney / James S. Williams ; Selected further reading : 1960-2004.
• Publisher Details: London : BFI
• Publication Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 294 pages), illustrations, portraits
• Subjects: 791.430944; Film & Video/History & Criticism; Motion pictures -- France -- History; Cinéma -- France -- Histoire; Cinéma -- Industrie -- France -- Histoire; Motion pictures; Filmkunst; General; Film & Video/Reference; France; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781844575732
• Related ISBNs: 1844570118; 9781844570119; 1844570126; 9781844570126; 184457573X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.