Charles Drazin
The Faber Book of French Cinema Paperback
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In The Faber Book of French Cinema, Charles Drazin explores the rich film culture and history of the country that first established the cinema as the most important mass medium of the twentieth century.Offering portraits of such key figures as the Lumire brothers, Georges Mlis, Charles Path and Lon Gaumont, he looks at the early pioneers who transformed a fairground novelty into a global industry. The crisis caused by the First World War led France to surrender her position as the worlds dominant filmmaking power, but French cinema forged a new role for itself as a beacon of cinematic possibility and achievement. Suggesting a Gallic attitude that has always considered the cinema to be as much a cause as a business, Drazin looks at the extraordinary resilience of the French film industry during the Second World War when, in spite of the national catastrophe of defeat and occupation, it was still able to produce such classics as Le Corbeau and Les Enfants du Paradis.Finally, he traces its remarkable postwar regeneration. He looks at the seminal impact of the New Wave of filmmakers typified by Truffaut and Godard but also at the other waves that have followed since. As he brings the story into the twentyfirst century with Jacques Audairds awardwinning A Prophet he seeks to capture the essence of the French film tradition and why it continues to matter to anyone who cares about the cinema.
Binding: Paperback;464 pages; Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd; Classification: APF; Weight: 696 g; Dimensions: 229 x 172 x 34
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In The Faber Book of French Cinema, Charles Drazin explores the rich film culture and history of the country that first established the cinema as the most important mass medium of the twentieth century.Offering portraits of such key figures as the Lumire brothers, Georges Mlis, Charles Path and Lon Gaumont, he looks at the early pioneers who transformed a fairground novelty into a global industry. The crisis caused by the First World War led France to surrender her position as the worlds dominant filmmaking power, but French cinema forged a new role for itself as a beacon of cinematic possibility and achievement. Suggesting a Gallic attitude that has always considered the cinema to be as much a cause as a business, Drazin looks at the extraordinary resilience of the French film industry during the Second World War when, in spite of the national catastrophe of defeat and occupation, it was still able to produce such classics as Le Corbeau and Les Enfants du Paradis.Finally, he traces its remarkable postwar regeneration. He looks at the seminal impact of the New Wave of filmmakers typified by Truffaut and Godard but also at the other waves that have followed since. As he brings the story into the twentyfirst century with Jacques Audairds awardwinning A Prophet he seeks to capture the essence of the French film tradition and why it continues to matter to anyone who cares about the cinema.
Binding: Paperback;464 pages; Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd; Classification: APF; Weight: 696 g; Dimensions: 229 x 172 x 34
Extended returns Orders placed after 29th October 2026 can be returned until 5th January 2027
Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back. When you purchase Debenhams Deliver+, you will have an extra 14 days on top of our standard 21-day window to initate a return.
Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.
Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
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Charles Drazin
The Faber Book of French Cinema Paperback
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