French film in Britain : sex, art and cinephilia / / Lucy Mazdon and Catherine Wheatley
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| Autore: |
Mazdon Lucy
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| Titolo: |
French film in Britain : sex, art and cinephilia / / Lucy Mazdon and Catherine Wheatley
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Berghahn Books, 2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 791.43094409/04 |
| 791.4309440904 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Motion pictures, French - Great Britain |
| Motion pictures - France - History - 20th century | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | archival research |
| art history | |
| artistic | |
| audiences | |
| british film culture | |
| british film | |
| cinema | |
| continental films | |
| culture | |
| detailed history | |
| engaging | |
| europe | |
| european film industry | |
| film distribution | |
| film exhibition | |
| film history | |
| film markets | |
| film society | |
| foreign films | |
| french cinema | |
| french films | |
| historical | |
| history criticism | |
| hollywood | |
| humor and drama | |
| page turner | |
| performing arts | |
| pop culture | |
| retrospective | |
| romance | |
| Classificazione: | HD 402 |
| Altri autori: |
WheatleyCatherine
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- The advent of sound, a changing film culture (1925-39) -- Cinema goes to war (1939-1950) -- 'Saucy and naughty and witty and chic': can French films fill the gap? (1950-1959) -- The French new wave on British shores (1959-1970) -- 'A new low in French films': changing perceptions of French cinema (1970-1982) -- Video saved the French film? (1982-2002). |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In a market long dominated by Hollywood, French films are consistently the most widely distributed non-English language works. French cinema, however, appears to undergo a transformation as it reaches Britain, becoming something quite different to that experienced by audiences at home. Drawing on extensive archival research the authors examine in detail the discourses, debates and decisions which have determined the place accorded to French cinema in British film culture. In so doing they provide a fascinating account of this particular instance of transnational cinematic traffic while simult |
| Titolo autorizzato: | French film in Britain |
| ISBN: | 1-80073-012-8 |
| 0-85745-379-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814623503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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