Acknowledgments |
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Notes on Contributors |
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Introduction |
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1 People: The Men and Women Who Made French Cinema |
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2 Business: The Birth of the Industry |
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14 | (7) |
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3 Technology: Innovation, Standardisation and Commercialisation in Early Film Technology |
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21 | (7) |
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4 Forms: The Shifting Boundaries of Art and Industry |
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28 | (10) |
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5 Representations: Our Little Planet |
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38 | (8) |
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6 Spectators: The Cinemising Process: Film-Going in the Silent Era |
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46 | (7) |
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7 Debates: Early Developments in Film-Thinking |
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53 | (6) |
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59 | (92) |
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8 People: Migration and Exile in the Classical Period |
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61 | (12) |
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9 Business: Anarchy and Order in the French Film Industry |
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73 | (8) |
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10 Technology: Plant, Imported Technologies and Film Style |
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81 | (8) |
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11 Forms: The Place and Desire of Avant-Garde and Experimental Forms |
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89 | (12) |
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12 Forms: The Art of Spectacle: The Aesthetics of Classical French Cinema |
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101 | (11) |
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13 Representations: The Geography and Topography of French Cinema |
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112 | (7) |
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14 Representations: Gender Representations in French Fiction Films |
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119 | (8) |
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15 Representations: Region, Colony and Nation in French Documentary Films |
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127 | (7) |
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16 Spectators: In the Dark: Looking for the French Film Public |
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134 | (9) |
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17 Debates: Trends and Developments in Film Criticism and Theory from the 1920s to the 1940s |
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143 | (8) |
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151 | (90) |
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18 People: Film-Making as a Collaborative Activity: The Contribution of Cinematographers, Screenwriters and Actors |
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153 | (11) |
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19 Business: The End of a Golden Era for the Industry |
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164 | (8) |
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20 Technology: Technological Innovation and Change from the Mainstream to the Margins |
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172 | (8) |
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21 Forms: The Diversity of Film-Making Forms and Practices during the Thirty Glorious Years |
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180 | (11) |
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22 Forms: Forms of Resistance and Revolt: `We Are in Agreement with All That Has Struggled, and Is Struggling Still, since the World Began' |
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191 | (13) |
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23 Representations: A Camera of One's Own: Video in Feminist Hands |
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204 | (7) |
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24 Representations: Material Turns: French Cinema and the Construction of Everyday Life |
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211 | (8) |
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25 Representations: A Greater France? French Cinema from the Colonial to the Postcolonial Period |
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219 | (8) |
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26 Spectators: Going Back Home |
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227 | (7) |
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27 Debates: Bazin and His Legacies |
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234 | (7) |
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241 | (94) |
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28 People: The Human Factor: Producers, Directors, Actors |
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243 | (11) |
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29 Business: A Business Model under Threat? |
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254 | (10) |
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30 Technology: `Delay the Start to Hasten the Finish': French Exhibitors and the Digital Revolution |
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264 | (10) |
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31 Forms: The Documentary Renaissance |
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274 | (11) |
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32 Forms: From Cinema to Film Arts |
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285 | (12) |
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33 Representations: Fiction, Documentary and the Political |
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297 | (7) |
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34 Representations: Representations of Ethnic Minorities in French Cinema since 1980 |
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304 | (9) |
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35 Representations: From Gay Visibility to Queer In/Visibilities |
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313 | (8) |
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36 Spectators: The Spectator as Expert -- French Cinephilia Today |
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321 | (7) |
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37 Debates: Philosophy and Film: Re-Framing the Cinematic Century |
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328 | (7) |
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Further Reading |
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335 | (9) |
Online Resources |
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344 | (4) |
Index |
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