The French Cinema Book

Michael Temple and Michael Witt assemble a broad range of approaches to the study and appreciation of French cinema:

· PEOPLE: Who are the men and women who have made French cinema happen?

· BUSINESS: What is the industrial culture in which French cinema has evolved?

· TECHNOLOGY: To what extent have technological factors determined the course of French cinema?

· FORMS: How can we study the diversity of film forms practiced across French cinema, and how have the formal ‘languages’ of film changed over time?

· REPRESENTATIONS: What have French films shown us of France, its society, its concerns, and the changing lives of its citizens?

· DEBATES: How has cinema been represented and discussed in French culture?

Whether you are a student, teacher, specialist or simply a fan of French cinema, this book is essential reading.

Michael Witt is Professor of Cinema and Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Film and Audiovisual Cultures at the University of Roehampton, London, UK. He has published widely on French film history in journals such as Screen, Trafic and New Left Review and co-curated seasons of French experimental cinema, documentary, and the work of Jean-Luc Godard for institutions such as Tate Modern and BFI Southbank. He is the co-editor of For Ever Godard (2004) and Jean-Luc Godard: Documents (2006), and the author of Jean-Luc Godard, Cinema Historian (2013).