Download or read book The Classic French Cinema 1930 1960 written by C. G. Crisp and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colin Crisp re-evaluates the stylistic evolution of the classic French cinema, and represents the New Wave film-makers as its natural heirs rather than the mould-breakers they perceived themselves to be.

Download or read book An Economic History of Film written by John Sedgwick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-09-09 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The movie industry boomed in the twentieth century, and is still going strong today. However, the economics of movies has been curiously under explored until now. Innovative and informative, this accessible book, which includes contributions from some of the leading experts in the area, is a huge step forward in our understanding of this important topic.

Download or read book conomie du cin ma written by Laurent Creton and published by Armand Colin. This book was released on 2009-08-26 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confronté à l’emprise croissante du système téléaudiovisuel et à la concurrence renouvelée de la production américaine, le cinéma français est en quête d’identité et cherche les voies d’un regain de compétitivité. Économie du cinéma offre un cadre conceptuel pour étudier le jeu des acteurs en présence et pour analyser les enjeux, les options, les déploiements et les conditions de mise en œuvre de leurs stratégies. La nouvelle édition de cet ouvrage de référence permet de mieux comprendre le fonctionnement de la filière cinématographique et de tracer ses principales perspectives dans une période de recomposition industrielle et de bouleversement technologique.

Download or read book L conomie du cin ma en 50 fiches 5e d written by Laurent Creton and published by Armand Colin. This book was released on 2016-04-06 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Le cinéma, monde polymorphe qui conjugue art et industrie, poésie et divertissement, ne peut être abordé pleinement sans prendre en compte sa dimension socio-économique. L’objectif de cet ouvrage est de proposer une synthèse des connaissances fondamentales à maîtriser dans ce domaine, sous la forme de 50 fiches réparties en 7 chapitres : penser l’économie du cinéma, les marchés du cinéma, le public et les salles, distribution et promotion, production et financement, filière et stratégies, politiques et régulation. Les définitions des termes essentiels sont regroupées dans un glossaire en fin d’ouvrage. L’auteur y présente avec rigueur les cadres d’analyse et les grilles de lecture nécessaires à l’étude des structures et des évolutions de la filière cinématographique. Cette nouvelle édition met en lumière les problématiques et les débats actuels.

Download or read book HISTOIRE UNE ECONOMIQUE DU CINEMA FRAN AIS 1985 1995 written by Pierre-Jean Benghozi and published by Editions L'Harmattan. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Le cinéma n'a pas évolué de façon autonome. Ce livre replace son économie et son organisation, en France et aux Etats-Unis, dans le contexte du siècle. L'analyse met en évidence trois grands domaines : la constitution d'une industrie, la recherche d'un public, la confrontation entre Hollywood et le modèle européen. L'une des ambitions de cet ouvrage collectif est aussi de reconcilier l'objet cinéma avec la discipline historique.

Download or read book French National Cinema written by Susan Hayward and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and updated edition of a successful and established text provides a much-needed historical overview of French cinema from its roots through to the political and social developments in the 1990s and beyond.

Download or read book L conomie du cin ma en 50 fiches 6e d written by Laurent Creton and published by Armand Colin. This book was released on 2020-06-03 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Le cinéma, monde polymorphe qui conjugue art et industrie, poésie et divertissement, ne peut être abordé pleinement sans prendre en compte sa dimension socio-économique. L’objectif de cet ouvrage est de proposer une synthèse des connaissances fondamentales à maîtriser dans ce domaine, sous la forme de 50 fiches réparties en 7 chapitres : penser l’économie du cinéma, les marchés du cinéma, le public et les salles, distribution et promotion, production et financement, filière et stratégies, politiques et régulation. L’auteur y présente avec rigueur les cadres d’analyse et les grilles de lecture nécessaires à l’étude des structures et des évolutions de la filière cinématographique. Cette 6e édition met en lumière les problématiques liées aux évolutions des pratiques culturelles et les débats actuels autour des nouveaux médias audiovisuels.Le cinéma, monde polymorphe qui conjugue art et industrie, poésie et divertissement, ne peut être abordé pleinement sans prendre en compte sa dimension socio-économique. L’objectif de cet ouvrage est de proposer une synthèse des connaissances fondamentales à maîtriser dans ce domaine, sous la forme de 50 fiches réparties en 7 chapitres : penser l’économie du cinéma, les marchés du cinéma, le public et les salles, distribution et promotion, production et financement, filière et stratégies, politiques et régulation. L’auteur y présente avec rigueur les cadres d’analyse et les grilles de lecture nécessaires à l’étude des structures et des évolutions de la filière cinématographique. Cette 6e édition met en lumière les problématiques liées aux évolutions des pratiques culturelles et les débats actuels autour des nouveaux médias audiovisuels.

Download or read book L conomie du cin ma written by Valérie Bonin and published by BIFI/Bibliothèque du Film. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comme l'illustre la célèbre phrase d'André Malraux pour qui le cinéma était aussi " une industrie ", l'aspect économique est indissociable de l'art cinématographique. Si les historiens datent la naissance du cinéma au moment où les séances devinrent publiques et commerciales, et si l'on reconnaît que le mode de financement d'un film a une influence sur son contenu, le domaine strictement économique est pourtant relativement peu présent à l'intérieur même de l'histoire du cinéma. Le but de cet ouvrage est à la fois de donner les repères historiques essentiels de l'histoire du cinéma dans sa dimension économique, d'expliquer de manière simple les rouages du financement d'un film (production, distribution, exploitation, aides et systèmes de financement), mais aussi de fournir les principales sources de documentation sur le sujet (bibliographie, statistiques, sites Internet). Il permet aussi d'éclairer et de mettre en perspective le débat sur l'exception culturelle. L'ensemble est enrichi de repères chronologiques, de définitions et de plusieurs index (notamment des aides au financement) permettant de se repérer facilement dans l'ouvrage.

Download or read book The French Cinema Book written by Michael Temple and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thoroughly revised and expanded edition of a key textbook offers an innovative and accessible account of the richness and diversity of French film history and culture from the 1890s to the present day. The contributors, who include leading historians and film scholars, provide an indispensable introduction to key topics and debates in French film history. Each chronological section addresses seven key themes – people, business, technology, forms, representations, spectators and debates, providing an essential overview of the cinema industry, the people who worked in it, including technicians and actors as well as directors, and the culture of cinema going in France from the beginnings of cinema to the contemporary period.

Download or read book Histoire conomique et sociale du cin ma dans la ville de Toulouse entre 1957 et 1962 written by Dominique Gregnanin (auteur d'un mémoire) and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Philosophy of the Film written by Ian Jarvie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the overlap between film and philosophy in three distinct ways: epistemological issues in film-making and viewing; aesthetic theory and film; and film as a medium of philosophical expression.

Download or read book Republic of Images written by Alan Williams and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1992-03-01 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicling one of the greatest and most popular national cinemas, Republic of Images traces the evolution of French filmmaking from 1895—the year of the debut of the Cinematographe in Paris—to the present day. Alan Williams offers a unique synthesis of history, biography, aesthetics and film theory. He brings to life all of the major directors, setting before us the cultures from which they emerged, and sheds new light on the landmark films they created. He distills what is historically and artistically unique in each of their careers and reveals what each artist has in common with the forebears and heirs of the craft. Within the larger story of French cinema, Williams examines the treasury of personal expression, social commentary, and aesthetic exploration that France has produced so consistently and exported so well. It is the tale of an industry rife with crises, and Williams offers a superb narrative of the economic, political, and social forces that have shaped its century-long history. He provides biographical sketches of filmmakers from the early pioneers of the silent era such as Louis Lumière and Alice Guy to modern directors such as Louis Malle, Claude Chabrol, and François Truffaut. Some of their careers, he shows, exemplify the significant contributions individuals made to the development of French fllmmaking; others yield illuminating evidence of the problems and opportunities of a whole generation of filmmakers. Throughout, he presents critical analyses of significant films, from The Assassination of the Duc de Guise (1908) to works by the post–nouvelle vague directors. Williams captures the formal and stylistic developments of film in France over nearly one hundred years. Free of cant and jargon, Republic of Images is the best general account available of the rich interplay of film, filmmaker, and society. It will delight both general reader and student, as well as the viewer en route to the video store.

Download or read book Hitler and the Nazi Cult of Film and Fame written by Michael Munn and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-05-09 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Nazi Germany, the cult of celebrity was the embodiment of Hitler’s style of cultural governance. Hitler’s rise to power owed much to the creation of his own celebrity, and the country’s greatest stars, whether they were actors, writers, or musicians, could be one of only two things. If they were compliant, they were lauded and awarded status symbols for the regime; but if they resisted—or were simply Jewish—they were traitors to be interned and murdered. This fascinating analysis offers a shocking portrait of a Hitler shaped by aspirations to Hollywood-style fame, of the correlation between art and ambition, of films used as weapons, and of sexual predilections. The Führer believed he was an artist, not a politician, and in his Germany politics and culture became one. His celebrity was cultivated and nurtured by Joseph Goebbels, Germany’s supreme head of culture. Hitler and Goebbels enjoyed the company of beautiful female film stars, and Goebbels had his own “casting couch.” In Germany’s version of Hollywood there were scandals, starlets, secret agents, premieres, and party politics. The Third Reich would launch filmmaker and actress Leni Riefenstahl to prominence by making her its own glorifying documentarian, most famously in The Triumph of the Will, the innovative propaganda film starring Hitler and widely considered to be one of the greatest movies ever made. It is no coincidence that Eva Braun, Hitler’s longtime partner and wife for the two days leading up to their joint suicide, was a photographer, and in fact shot most of the surviving photographs and film footage of her lover. This book reveals previously unpublished information about the “Hitler film,” which Goebbels envisaged as “the greatest story ever told,” although it was ultimately trumped by the dictator’s own, real-life Wagnerian finale.

Download or read book Movie History A Survey written by Douglas Gomery and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2011-02-28 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering everything from Edison to Avatar, Gomery and Pafort-Overduin have written the clearest, best organized, and most user-friendly film history textbook on the market. It masterfully distills the major trends and movements of film history, so that the subject can be taught in one semester. And each chapter includes a compelling case study that highlights an important moment in movie history and, at the same time, subtly introduces a methodological approach. This book is a pleasure to read and to teach. Peter Decherney, University of Pennsylvania, USA In addition to providing a comprehensive overview of the development of film around the world, the book gives us examples of how to do film history, including organizing the details and discussing their implications.Hugh McCarney, Western Connecticut State University, USA Douglas Gomery and Clara Pafort-Overduin have created an outstanding textbook with an impressive breadth of content, covering over 100 years in the evolution of cinema. Movie History: A Survey is an engaging book that will reward readers with a contemporary perspective of the history of motion pictures and provide a solid foundation for the study of film. Matthew Hanson, Eastern Michigan University, USA How can we understand the history of film? Historical facts don’t answer the basic questions of film history. History, as this fascinating book shows, is more than the simple accumulation of film titles, facts and figures. This is a survey of over 100 years of cinema history, from its beginnings in 1895, to its current state in the twenty-first century. An accessible, introductory text, Movie History: A Survey looks at not only the major films, filmmakers, and cinema institutions throughout the years, but also extends to the production, distribution, exhibition, technology and reception of films. The textbook is divided chronologically into four sections, using the timeline of technological changes: Section One looks at the era of silent movies from 1895 to 1927; Section Two starts with the coming of sound and covers 1928 until 1950; Section Three runs from 1951 to 1975 and deals with the coming and development of television; and Section Four focuses on the coming of home video and the transition to digital, from 1975 to 2010. Key pedagogical features include: timelines in each section help students to situate the films within a broader historical context case study boxes with close-up analysis of specific film histories and a particular emphasis on film reception lavishly illustrated with over 450 color images to put faces to names, and to connect pictures to film titles margin notes add background information and clarity glossary for clear understanding of the key terms described references and further reading at the end of each chapter to enhance further study. A supporting website is available at www.routledge.com/textbooks/moviehistory, with lots of extra materials, useful for the classroom or independent study, including: additional case studies – new, in-depth and unique to the website international case studies – for the Netherlands in Dutch and English timeline - A movie history timeline charting key dates in the history of cinema from 1890 to the present day revision flash cards – ideal for getting to grips with key terms in film studies related resources – on the website you will find every link from the book for ease of use, plus access to additional online material students are also invited to submit their own movie history case studies - see website for details Written by two highly respected film scholars and experienced teachers, Movie History is the ideal textbook for students studying film history.

Download or read book A Companion to Early Cinema written by André Gaudreault and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-07-02 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative and much-needed overview of the main issues in the field of early cinema from over 30 leading international scholars in the field First collection of its kind to offer in one reference: original theory, new research, and reviews of existing studies in the field Features over 30 original essays from some of the leading scholars in early cinema and Film Studies, including Tom Gunning, Jane Gaines, Richard Abel, Thomas Elsaesser, and André Gaudreault Caters to renewed interest in film studies’ historical methods, with strict analysis of multiple and competing sources, providing a critical re-contextualization of films, printed material and technologies Covers a range of topics in early cinema, such as exhibition, promotion, industry, pre-cinema, and film criticism Broaches the latest research on the subject of archival practices, important particularly in the current digital context

Download or read book Jazz and Postwar French Identity written by Elizabeth Vihlen McGregor and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the context of a shifting domestic and international status quo that was evolving in the decades following World War II, French audiences used jazz as a means of negotiating a wide range of issues that were pressing to them and to their fellow citizens. Despite the fact that jazz was fundamentally linked to the multicultural through its origins in the hands of African-American musicians, happenings within the French jazz public reflected much about France’s postwar society. In the minds of many, jazz was connected to youth culture, but instead of challenging traditional gender expectations, the music tended to reinforce long-held stereotypes. French critics, musicians, and fans contended with the reality of American superpower strength and often strove to elevate their own country’s stature in relation to the United States by finding fault with American consumer society and foreign policy aims. Jazz audiences used this music to condemn American racism and to support the American civil rights movement, expressing strong reservations about the American way of life. French musicians lobbied to create professional opportunities for themselves, and some went so far as to create a union that endorsed preferential treatment for French nationals. As France became more ethnically and religiously diverse due immigration from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean, French jazz critics and fans noted the insidious appearance of racism in their own country and had to contend with how their own citizens would address the changing demographics of the nation, even if they continued to insist that racism was more prevalent in the United States. As independence movements brought an end to the French empire, jazz enthusiasts from both former colonies and France had to reenvision their relationship to jazz and to the music’s international audiences. In these postwar decades, the French were working to preserve a distinct national identity in the face of weakened global authority, most forcefully represented by decolonization and American hegemony. Through this originally African American music, French listeners, commentators, and musicians participated in a process that both challenged and reinforced ideas about their own culture and nation.

Download or read book Cross channel Perspectives written by Leila Wimmer and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2009 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first ever full-length study of the reception of British cinema in post-war France, challenging François Truffaut's infamous dismissal of British cinema as 'a contradiction in terms', a comment which has been, and still is, widely reproduced, yet has until now remained critically unexplored. A historical account, the book gathers together well-known episodes (such as Cahiers du cinéma in the 1950s) and critics (André Bazin, François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard), along with original new material, and thus throws new light on a topic which, given the influential nature of French film criticism and cinephilia, continues to be at the core of film culture.