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Unraveling French Cinema: From L´Atalante to Cach
T. Jefferson Kline
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Paperback. Unraveling French Cinema provides a much needed introduction to the complexities of French film for students, cineastes, and the movie-loving public. Kline analyzes seven cinematic arenas, each chosen to present the reader with an experience of reading a film for plot and a particular definition of what it means to make a film. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Unraveling French Cinema provides a much needed introduction to the complexities of French film for students, cineastes, and the movie-loving public.
Unraveling French Cinema provides a much needed introduction to the complexities of French film for students, cineastes, and the movie-loving public.
- Looks at the differences between French and American national cinema
- Explores how French directors shape their films around two potentially divergent goals: the narration of a story and an elaboration of some theory about film itself.
- Demystifies the "difficulty" of French cinema, allowing the American movie-goer to enjoy films that are too often perplexing at a first viewing.
- Offers extended analyses of classic, New Wave, and contemporary French films—including L'Atalante, Adele H., The Rules of the Game, and Cache.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405184519
SKU
V9781405184519
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About T. Jefferson Kline
T. Jefferson Kline is a Professor of French at Boston University where he served as Chair of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures (1979-88) and more recently received a Metcalf Award for excellence in teaching. His publications include Bertolucci's Dream Loom, I film di Bertolucci, Intertextuality in New Wave French Cinema and various edited works and essays on literature.
Reviews for Unraveling French Cinema: From L´Atalante to Cach
"T. Jefferson Kline's recent book is an interesting, instructive, and at times intriguing Read. . . Jean Vigo's L'Atalante is presented as an excellent example of how poetry can be achieved through cinematography." (Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 1 September 2011) "Cinema historians or those specialists in film studies interested in the links between film and history ... Read more