Screenwriters in French cinema
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Screenwriters in French cinema

  1. 392 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Screenwriters in French cinema

About this book

Screenwriters have been central figures in French cinema since the conversion to sound, from early French-language talkies for the domestic market to lavish literary adaptations of the notorious 'quality tradition' of the 1950s, and from the 'aesthetic revolution' of the New Wave to the contemporary popular and auteur film in the 2000s. The first English language study to address screenwriters in French cinema, this volume will be of particular interest to scholars and students of French film and screenwriting. Taking a diachronic approach, it includes case studies drawn from the early sound period to the present day in order to offer an alternative historiography of French cinema, shed light on these overlooked figures and revisit the vexed question of film authorship.

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Yes, you can access Screenwriters in French cinema by Sarah Leahy,Isabelle Vanderschelden in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Media & Performing Arts & Film Screenwriting. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication Page
  6. Contents
  7. List of figures
  8. List of tables
  9. Preface
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. List of abbreviations
  12. Introduction
  13. 1 Charles Spaak: dramaturge and mauvais esprit
  14. 2 Jacques Prévert: from reluctant author to screenwriter as myth
  15. 3 Henri Jeanson: spectacular dialogue
  16. 4 Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost: writing the ‘tradition of quality’
  17. 5 The screenwriter sacrificed? The ‘screenplays’ of the New Wave auteurs
  18. 6 Le cinĂ©ma du samedi soir: Michel Audiard’s screenplays and cult dialogue
  19. 7 Screenwriting trends in popular comedy
  20. 8 Dialogue writing in multicultural France since 2000: exploring the words of young people
  21. 9 Réalisa(c)trices screenwriting the self: Noémie Lvovsky, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Maïwenn
  22. Conclusion
  23. References
  24. Index