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French Comedy on Screen: A Cinematic History
Rémi Fournier Lanzoni
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Description for French Comedy on Screen: A Cinematic History
Hardcover. French comedy films occupy a specific cultural space and are influenced by national traditions and shared cultural references, but at the same time they have always been difficult to classify. This book investigates the different methods in which these comedies textually inscribed and exemplified a variety of cultural and historical landmarks. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
French comedy films occupy a specific cultural space and are influenced by national traditions and shared cultural references, but at the same time they have always been difficult to classify. This book investigates the different methods in which these comedies textually inscribed and exemplified a variety of cultural and historical landmarks.
French comedy films occupy a specific cultural space and are influenced by national traditions and shared cultural references, but at the same time they have always been difficult to classify. This book investigates the different methods in which these comedies textually inscribed and exemplified a variety of cultural and historical landmarks.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
265
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230338425
SKU
V9780230338425
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About Rémi Fournier Lanzoni
Rémi Fournier Lanzoni is Associate Professor in Romance Languages at Wake Forest University, USA
Reviews for French Comedy on Screen: A Cinematic History
"Lanzoni effortlessly blends very astute aesthetic and formalistic analysis about the 'art' of a film with a vast knowledge of relevant facts about actors, directors, producers, social and political events relevant to a film or a period, spectatorship, and technical issues (sound, dubbing, photography, set design, etc.). He has a very sophisticated grasp on just what constitutes comedy in general ... Read more