French Film In Britain

Author : Lucy Mazdon,Catherine Wheatley
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780857453792

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French Film in Britain by Lucy Mazdon,Catherine Wheatley Pdf

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 simultaneously shedding new light on British film history. From the early days of the Film Society, via the advent of the X certificate to the new possibilities of video and DVD, this book reveals the complex and detailed history of the distribution, exhibition, marketing and reception of French cinema in Britain.

Author : Michael Scriven,Emily Roberts
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800735088

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Group Identities on French and British Television by Michael Scriven,Emily Roberts Pdf

Advances in audiovisual technology, most notably the advent of the popular usage of digital technology in the last few years, have altered the face of popular television. Thanks to cable, satellite and now digital technology, television broadcasts can reach an international audience. The reaction from cultural critics has been mixed. As the debate concerning the effects of new telecommunications and audiovisual technology continues unabated, this book examines the underlying hypothesis that collective allegiances are moving away from the national paradigm towards the global/local model and provides a balanced appraisal of the depiction of a select number of group identities on television in Britain and France.

Author : Lucy Mazdon,Catherine Wheatley
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781845458553

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Je T’Aime... Moi Non Plus by Lucy Mazdon,Catherine Wheatley Pdf

A series of limiting definitions have tended to delineate the Franco-British cinematic relationship. As this collection of essays reveals, there is much more to it than simple oppositions between British critical esteem for the films of France and French dismissal of ‘le cinéma British’, or the success of Ken Loach et al. at the French box office and the relative dearth of French movies on British screens. In fact, there has long been a rich and productive dialogue between these two cultures in which both their clear differences and their shared concerns have played a vital role. This book provides an overview of the history of these relations from the early days of sound cinema to the present day. The chapters, written by leading experts in the history of French, British and European cinema, provide insights into relations between French and British cinematic cultures at the level of production, exhibition and distribution, reception, representation and personnel. The book features a diverse range of studies, including: the exhibition of French cinema in Britain in the 1930s, contemporary ‘extreme’ French cinema, stars such as Annabella, David Niven and Jane Birkin and the French Resistance on British screens.

Author : Daniel Hucker
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1409406253

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Public Opinion and the End of Appeasement in Britain and France by Daniel Hucker Pdf

The 1930s policy of appeasement is still fiercely debated more than 70 years after the signing of the 1938 Munich Agreement. Less examined is the role of public opinion on the formation of British and French policy in the period between Munich and World War II. Public Opinion and the End of Appeasement in Britain and France is essential reading for scholars of the origins of World War II.

Author : John Hill
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781118477519

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A Companion to British and Irish Cinema by John Hill Pdf

A stimulating overview of the intellectual arguments and critical debates involved in the study of British and Irish cinemas British and Irish film studies have expanded in scope and depth in recent years, prompting a growing number of critical debates on how these cinemas are analysed, contextualized, and understood. A Companion to British and Irish Cinema addresses arguments surrounding film historiography, methods of textual analysis, critical judgments, and the social and economic contexts that are central to the study of these cinemas. Twenty-nine essays from many of the most prominent writers in the field examine how British and Irish cinema have been discussed, the concepts and methods used to interpret and understand British and Irish films, and the defining issues and debates at the heart of British and Irish cinema studies. Offering a broad scope of commentary, the Companion explores historical, cultural and aesthetic questions that encompass over a century of British and Irish film studies—from the early years of the silent era to the present-day. Divided into five sections, the Companion discusses the social and cultural forces shaping British and Irish cinema during different periods, the contexts in which films are produced, distributed and exhibited, the genres and styles that have been adopted by British and Irish films, issues of representation and identity, and debates on concepts of national cinema at a time when ideas of what constitutes both ‘British’ and ‘Irish’ cinema are under question. A Companion to British and Irish Cinema is a valuable and timely resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of film, media, and cultural studies, and for those seeking contemporary commentary on the cinemas of Britain and Ireland.

Author : Kogan Page
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0749444843

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British Qualifications by Kogan Page Pdf

The field of professional, academic and vocational qualifications is ever-changing. The new edition of this highly successful and practical guide provides thorough information on all developments. Fully indexed, it includes details on all university awards and over 200 career fields, their professional and accrediting bodies, levels of membership and qualifications.It acts as an one-stop guide for careers advisors, students and parents, and will also enable human resource managers to verify the qualifications of potential employees.

Author : Chris Perriam
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781474413985

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French and Spanish Queer Film by Chris Perriam Pdf

The book advances the current state of film audience research and of our knowledge of sexuality in transnational contexts by analysing how French LGBTQ films are seen in Spain and Spanish ones in France. It studies films (in various media and platforms) and their reception across four languages (Spanish, French, Catalan, English) and considers and engages with participants from across a range of digital and physical audience locations, with a particular focus on festivals. It examines films that chronicle the local (in portraying national and sub-national identities) and draws on the regional-global (translating and transferring foreign models of non-heterosexual experience). No comparative and crosscutting study with audience research at its heart has yet been undertaken.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Eastern question (Balkan)
ISBN : CHI:103353770

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Great Britain and the East by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Murphy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781838714789

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British Cinema of the 90s by Robert Murphy Pdf

This work examines major box office hits like 'The Full Monty' as well as critically acclaimed films like 'Under the Skin'. It explores the role of distribution and exhibition, the Americanisation of British film culture, Hollywood and Europe, changing representations of sexuality and ethnicity.

Author : Lucy Mazdon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Film remakes
ISBN : 0851708005

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Encore Hollywood by Lucy Mazdon Pdf

Author : Philip Gillett
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781443891851

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Forgotten British Film by Philip Gillett Pdf

Some films are remembered long after they are released; others are soon forgotten, but do they deserve oblivion? Are factors other than quality involved? This book exhumes some of the films released in Britain over the last seventy years from Daybreak (1948) to 16 Years of Alcohol (2003), and considers the reasons for their neglect. As well as exploring the contributions of those involved in making the films, the book examines such issues as marketing and the response of critics and audiences. Films are grouped loosely into categories such as “B” films and television films. Some works were little seen when they were first released and have stayed that way; others were popular in their day, but have slipped into obscurity. In some cases, social change has overtaken them, making the attitudes or subjects they depict seem dated. Even being released as a DVD does not guarantee that a title will be rehabilitated. In addition, how significant is the American market? This book should appeal to lovers of British film, as well as to film studies students and everybody curious about the vagaries of success and failure in the arts.

Author : Margaret Butler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857712646

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Film and Community in Britain and France by Margaret Butler Pdf

Relations between France and Britain have always been uneasy and ambivelant. But in cinema, WWII changed all that for a time. Although the two countries' wartime fortunes differed, post-war both were busy reintegrating returning servicemen and prisoners of war, and accomodating the changed aspirations of women. Margaret Butler examines these subjects and more in her comparative study of the cinemas of Britain and France during and after the war. Using the concept of continuity, she shows how cinema dealt directly with ideas of belonging and alienation, inclusion and exclusion, unity and division. She also draws on contemporary debates and offers a perceptive reading of key films, to reveal the meaning and appeal of French classics like "Les Enfants du Paradis" and notable British productions like "Waterloo Road".

Author : Jens Ulff-Møller
Publisher : University Rochester Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 1580460860

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Hollywood's Film Wars with France by Jens Ulff-Møller Pdf

It is based on hitherto unstudied documents from these institutions. While European film production was at a standstill after World War I, Hollywood companies flooded the European market with hundreds of films at very low prices."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Leila Wimmer
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 3039113607

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Cross-channel Perspectives by Leila Wimmer Pdf

This book is the first ever full-length study of the reception of British cinema in post-war France, challenging François Truffaut's infamous dismissal of British cinema as 'a contradiction in terms', a comment which has been, and still is, widely reproduced, yet has until now remained critically unexplored. A historical account, the book gathers together well-known episodes (such as Cahiers du cinéma in the 1950s) and critics (André Bazin, François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard), along with original new material, and thus throws new light on a topic which, given the influential nature of French film criticism and cinephilia, continues to be at the core of film culture.

Author : Marcel Lucont
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781780091167

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What We French Think of You British by Marcel Lucont Pdf

Marcel Lucont, France's premier misanthropist and lover, introduces the reader to the British character as seen through the eyes of the French. From food and weather to television and pets, he shares his disdainful opinion on all things British and offers advice on just why the French do it so much better. The book features: "Dans La Rue", an eye-spy parody set on the British high street; "Tits of the Brits", a poem concerning the large British bust vs the petite French cup; "Stolen French", a guide to words the British have stolen from the French; "The British Joke", Marcel's take on British humour; and, "The Monarchy", including why the French got rid of theirs.