French New Wave

1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-631-22658-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 240 g

The French New Wave: An Artistic School is a lively introduction to this critical moment in film history by one of the world's leading scholars on the New Wave.
- Provides a concise account of the French New Wave by one of the world's leading film scholars.
- Outlines the essential traits of the New Wave and defines it as a school that changed international film history forever.
- Includes a chronology of major political and cultural events of the New Wave, black-and-white images, and an extensive bibliography.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marie, Michel

Weitere Mitwirkende

Neupert, Richard

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Translator's Note.

Introduction.

1. A Journalistic Slogan and a New Generation.

2. A Critical Concept.

3. A Mode of Production and Distribution.

4. A Technical Practice, an Aesthetic.

5. New Themes and New Bodies: Characters and Actors.

6. The New Wave's International Influence and Legacy Today.

Appendix: Chronology of Major Political and Cultural Events.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Michel Marie is Professor of Film Studies and Chair of the Department of Cinema and Audiovisual Studies at the University of Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle. He has published critical studies on Godard's Contempt and Breathless, and is co-author of L'Analyse des films (1988), L'Esthétique du film (1993), and Dictionnaire théorique et critique du cinéma (2001).

Richard Neupert is Associate Professor of Film Studies at the University of Georgia. He is author of The End: Narration and Closure in the Cinema (1995) and A History of the French New Wave (2002), and translator of Aesthetics of Film (third edition, 1997).