The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960
Publisher: Indiana University Press; I.B. Tauris
Published: April 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 485
ISBN-13: 9780253211156
Subjects: Performing Arts; Europe - France; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Film & Video - General; Performing Arts (General); Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book
First sentence: French historians of the cinema have been tempted into romantic attitudes when describing the conditions under which the French sound cinema developed and operated, such that it can seem that the French cinema, lurching from crisis to crisis, was unduly unfortunate among national cinemas.