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1 online resource (viii, 289 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Franco-British Cinematic Relations: An Overview / Lucy Mazdon -- Industry and Institutions. The Exhibition, Distribution and Reception of French Films in Great Britain during the 1930s / Vincent Porter -- The 'Cinematization' of Sound Cinema in Britain and the Dubbing into French of Hitchcock's Waltzes from Vienna (1934) / Charles O'Brien -- Une Entente Cordiale? A Brief History of the Anglo-French Film Coproduction Agreement, 1965/1979 / Justin Smith -- Channel-crossing Festivals: The Cases of the French Film Festival U.K. and Dinard's Festival du Film Britannique / Cécile Renaud -- The Language of Love? How the French Sold Lady Chatterley's Lover (Back) to British Audiences / Catherine Wheatley -- Reception and Perceptions. Disciplining the Nouvelle Vague: Censoring A Bout de Souffle and Other Early French New Wave Films (1956/1962) / Daniel Biltereyst -- The Reception of the Nouvelle Vague in Britain / Geoffrey Nowell-Smith -- 'New Waves, New Publics?': The Nouvelle Vague, French Stars and British Cinema / Sarah Street -- Mirror Image: French Reflections of British Cinema / Ian Christie -- 'Incredibly French'?: Nation as an Interpretative Context for Extreme Cinema / Melanie Selfe -- British Audiences and 1990s French New Realism: La Vie Rêvuée des Anges as Cinematic Slum Realism / Ingrid Stigsdotter -- Personnel and Performance. 'The Meaning of That French Word Chic': Annabella's Franco-British Stardom / Jonathan Driskell -- 'Those Frenchies Seek Him Everywhere': David Niven in Franco-British Cinematic Relations / Cristina Johnston -- Truffaut in London / Robert Murphy -- Jane Birkin: From English Rose to French Icon / Leila Wimmer -- The French Resistance Through British Eyes : From 'Allo 'Allo! to Charlotte Gray / Ginette Vincendeau -- 'In the Ghetto': Space, Race and Marginalization in French and British 'Urban' Films La Haine and Bullet Boy / Jim Morrissey. |
| Summary |
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 pro. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Motion pictures, French -- Great Britain.
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Motion pictures -- France -- History -- 20th century.
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Motion pictures, British -- France.
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Motion pictures -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Guides & Reviews. |
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism. |
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Motion pictures |
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Motion pictures, British |
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Motion pictures, French |
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France https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJd8gD4vdtqQMdQHvYqbBP |
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Great Britain https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Added Author |
Mazdon, Lucy.
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Wheatley, Catherine.
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| Added Title |
Franco-British cinematic relations |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Je t'aime-- moi non plus. New York : Berghahn Books, 2010 (DLC) 2010018549 |
| ISBN |
9781845458553 (electronic bk.) |
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1845458559 (electronic bk.) |
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9781845457495 (alk. paper) |
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1845457498 (alk. paper) |
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