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The French Reception of British Cinema

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by Leila Wimmer

Type

Studies

Subject

Countries > Great Britain

Keywords

Great Britain, France

Publishing date

2008

Publisher

Peter Lang

Collection

New Studies in European Cinema

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 313 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-3-03911-360-6

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Book Presentation:
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.

About the Author:
The Author: Leila Wimmer holds a Ph.D. in Film and Television Studies from the University of Warwick and lectures in Film Studies at London Metropolitan University, UK.

See the publisher website: Peter Lang