Unraveling French Cinema

From L'Atalante to Caché

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Unraveling French Cinema provides a much needed introduction to the complexities of French film for students, cineastes, and the movie-loving public.
* Looks at the differences between French and American national cinema
* Explores how French directors shape their films around two potentially divergent goals: the narration of a story and an elaboration of some theory about film itself.
* Demystifies the „difficulty“ of French cinema, allowing the American movie-goer to enjoy films that are too often perplexing at a first viewing.
* Offers extended analyses of classic, New Wave, and contemporary French films–including L’Atalante, Adele H., The Rules of the Game, and Cache.