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À la rencontre du cinéma français: Analyse, genre, histoire
Contributor(s): Berg, Robert J. (Author)
ISBN: 0300158718     ISBN-13: 9780300158717
Publisher: Yale University Press
OUR PRICE:   $118.80  
Product Type: Paperback
Language: French
Published: July 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism
- Foreign Language Study | French
Dewey: 448.642
LCCN: 2009050262
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.14 lbs) 336 pages
 
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la rencontre du cin ma fran ais: analyse, genre, histoire is intended to serve as the core textbook in a wide variety of upper-level undergraduate and graduate French cinema courses. In contrast to content-, theme-, or issue-based approaches to film, Professor Berg stresses "the cinema­tic­ally specific, the warp and fabric of the film itself, the stuff of which it is made." Sufficient proficiency in French is the sole prerequisite: "No previous back­ground in film studies is assumed, nor is any prior acquain­tance with French cinema. It will help, of course, to like movies, and to have seen quite a few..." (from the preface).