French Cinema ─ From Its Beginnings to the Present

To a large extent, the story of French filmmaking is the story of moviemaking. From the earliest flickering images of the late nineteenth century through the silent era, Surrealist influences, the Nazi Occupation, the glories of the New Wave, the rebirth of the industry in the 1990s with the exception culturelle, and the present, Remi Lanzoni examines a considerable number of the world's most beloved films. Building upon his 2004 best-selling edition, the second edition ofFrench Cinema maintains the chronological analysis, factual reliability, ease of use, and accessible prose, while at once concentrating more on the current generation of female directors, mainstream productions such asThe Artist and The Intouchables, and the emergence of minority filmmakers (Beur cinema).

Remi Fournier Lanzoni, a native of Lyon, France, is Associate Professor of Romance Languages at Wake Forest University, USA. He has written several books, among whichare French Cinema: From its Beginnings to Present (Continuum, 2004) and Comedy Italian Style: The Golden Age of Italian Film Comedies (Continuum, 2009) as well as several articles on Italian cinema.