The Cinema of France

Edited by Phil Powrie

Notes on contributors

INTRODUCTION Phil Powrie

01 NAPOLÉON Maureen Turim

02 UN CHIEN ANDALOU / AN ANDALUSIAN DOG Ramona Fotiade

03 LE CRIME DE MONSIEUR LANGE / THE CRIME OF MONSIEUR

LANGE Alan Williams

04 LA RÈGLE DU JEU / THE RULES OF THE GAME Martin O'Shaughnessy

05 LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS / CHILDREN OF PARADISE Ben McCann

06 LES VACANCES DE MONSIEUR HULOT / MONSIEUR HULOT'S

HOLIDAY Jean-Louis Pautrot

07 DU RIFIFI CHEZ LES HOMMES / RIFIFI Graeme Hayes

08 LES 400 COUPS / THE FOUR HUNDRED BLOWS Jeff Kline

09 A BOUT DE SOUFFLE / BREATHLESS Douglas Morrey

10 L'ANNEE DERNIERE A MARIENBAD / LAST YEAR IN MARIENBAD

Laura Rascaroli

11 CLÉO DE 5 À 7 / CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 Florence Martin

12 LE SAMOURAÏ / THE SAMURAI Tim Palmer

13 LA MAMAN ET LA PUTAIN / THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE

Martine Pierquin

14 LES VALSEUSES / GOING PLACES Pierre Sorlin

15 DIVA Will Higbee

16 SHOAH Kathryn Robson

17 TROIS HOMMES ET UN COUFFIN / THREE MEN AND A CRADLE

Brigitte Humbert

18 JEAN DE FLORETTE Russell Cousins

19 NIKITA Phil Powrie

20 LES AMANTS DU PONT-NEUF / THE LOVERS OF PONT-NEUF Wendy

Everett

21 LES VISITEURS / THE VISITORS Isabelle Vanderschelden

22 LA REINE MARGOT / QUEEN MARGOT Alison Smith

23 LA HAINE / HATE Dayna Oscherwitz

24 Y AURA-T-IL DE LA NEIGE A NOËL / WILL IT SNOW FOR

CHRISTMAS? Martine Beugnet

Filmography

Bibliography

Index

Related Subjects

• Film

Series

• 24 Frames

About the Author

Phil Powrie is Professor of French Cultural Studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He has published widely on French film, including French Cinema in the 1980s: Nostalgia and the Crisis of Masculinity; Contemporary French Cinema: Continuity and Difference; and French Cinema: A Student’s Guide.

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