TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mazdon,Lucy
AU  - Wheatley,Catherine
TI  - French Film in Britain: Sex, Art and Cinephilia 
SN  - 9780857453501
AV  - PN1993.5.F7 M39 2013
U1  - 791.43094409/04 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - France
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Motion pictures, French
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - archival research
KW  - art history
KW  - artistic
KW  - audiences
KW  - british film culture
KW  - british film
KW  - cinema
KW  - continental films
KW  - culture
KW  - detailed history
KW  - engaging
KW  - europe
KW  - european film industry
KW  - film distribution
KW  - film exhibition
KW  - film history
KW  - film markets
KW  - film society
KW  - foreign films
KW  - french cinema
KW  - french films
KW  - historical
KW  - history criticism
KW  - hollywood
KW  - humor and drama
KW  - page turner
KW  - performing arts
KW  - pop culture
KW  - retrospective
KW  - romance
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; 1 The Advent of Sound: A Changing Film Culture (1925–1939) --; 2 Cinema Goes to War (1939–1950) --; 3 ‘Saucy and Naughty and Witty and Chic’ Can French Films Fill the Gap? (1950–1959) --; 4 The French New Wave on British Shores (1959–1970) --; 5 ‘A New Low in French Films’ Changing Perceptions of French Cinema (1970–1982) --; 6 Video Saved the French Film? (1982–2002) --; Conclusion --; Index; restricted access
N2  - In a market long dominated by Hollywood, French films are consistently the most widely distributed non-English language works. French cinema, however, appears to undergo a transformation as it reaches Britain, becoming something quite different to that experienced by audiences at home. Drawing on extensive archival research the authors examine in detail the discourses, debates and decisions which have determined the place accorded to French cinema in British film culture. In so doing they provide a fascinating account of this particular instance of transnational cinematic traffic while simultaneously shedding new light on British film history. From the early days of the Film Society, via the advent of the X certificate to the new possibilities of video and DVD, this book reveals the complex and detailed history of the distribution, exhibition, marketing and reception of French cinema in Britain
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857453792
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780857453792
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780857453792/original
ER  -