City of Darkness, City of Light

Emigre Filmmakers in Paris 1929-1939

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by Alastair Phillips

Type

Studies

Subject

History of Cinema

Keywords

history of cinema, immigrant directors, Paris, Germany, 1930s, Robert Siodmak, Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang, Max Ophüls, Anatol Litvak

Publishing date

2003

Publisher

Amsterdam University Press

Collection

Film Culture in Transition

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 256 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ¾ inches (16 x 24.5 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

90-5356-633-3
978-90-5356-633-6

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Book Presentation:
The volume is the first-ever book-length study of the cinematic representation of Paris in the films of German émigré filmmakers, many of whom fled there as a refuge from Hitler. In coming to Paris—a privileged site in terms of production, exhibition, and film culture—these experienced professionals also encountered resistance: hostility toward Germans, anti-Semitism, and boycotts from a French industry afraid of losing jobs to foreigners. Phillips juxtaposes the cinematic portrayal of Paris in the films of Robert Siodmak, Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang, Max Ophüls, Anatol Litvak, and others with the wider social and cultural debates about the city in cinema.

About the Author:
Alastair Phillips lectures in film and television studies in the department of Film, Theatre & Television at the University of Reading, UK.

Press Reviews:
'Alastair Phillips has produced a meticulously researched work covering a fascinating aspect of French cinema, or, more accurately, cinema in France.' - Roger Crittenden in Times Higher Education Supplement

See the publisher website: Amsterdam University Press