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A History of the French New Wave Cinema (Wisconsin Studies in Film)
Richard Neupert
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Paperback. The French New Wave cinema is the most fascinating of all film movements, famous for its exuberance, daring, and avant-garde techniques. This work offers a look at the social, economic, and aesthetic mechanisms that shaped French film in the 1950s, as well as detailed studies of the important New Wave movies of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Film. Num Pages: 424 pages, 108 b/w film stills. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
The French New Wave cinema is arguably the most fascinating of all film movements, famous for its exuberance, daring, and avant-garde techniques. ""A History of the French New Wave Cinema"" offers a fresh look at the social, economic, and aesthetic mechanisms that shaped French film in the 1950s, as well as detailed studies of the most important New Wave movies of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Richard Neupert first tracks the precursors to New Wave cinema, showing how they provided blueprints for those who would follow. He demonstrates that it was a core group of critics-turned-directors from the magazine, ... Read more
The French New Wave cinema is arguably the most fascinating of all film movements, famous for its exuberance, daring, and avant-garde techniques. ""A History of the French New Wave Cinema"" offers a fresh look at the social, economic, and aesthetic mechanisms that shaped French film in the 1950s, as well as detailed studies of the most important New Wave movies of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Richard Neupert first tracks the precursors to New Wave cinema, showing how they provided blueprints for those who would follow. He demonstrates that it was a core group of critics-turned-directors from the magazine, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Series
Wisconsin Studies in Film
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299217044
SKU
V9780299217044
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About Richard Neupert
Richard Neupert is Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Film Studies at the University of Georgia. He is the author of The End: Closure and Narration in the Cinema and his translations include Aesthetics of Film and French New Wave: An Artistic School.
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