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.
| ISBN: | 9783039113606 |
| Publication date: | 22nd December 2008 |
| Author: | Leila Wimmer |
| Publisher: | Verlag Peter Lang |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 318 pages |
| Series: | New Studies in European Cinema |
| Genres: |
Film: styles and genres The arts: general topics Photography and photographs Educational: Arts, general |
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.
Cross-Channel Perspectives features in the following genres: Film: styles and genres, The arts: general topics, Photography and photographs, Educational: Arts, general
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Cross-Channel Perspectives was written by Leila Wimmer and published by Verlag Peter Lang
Cross-Channel Perspectives has 318 pages
Yes it is part of New Studies in European Cinema series