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Considers Gudiguian's career, both as a filmmaker and producer, as a valid response to a crisis in post-Communist Leftist political movements in France

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Considers Gudiguian's career, both as a filmmaker and producer, as a valid response to a crisis in post-Communist Leftist political movements in France

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This volume examines the films of Jean-Jacques Beineix. His work is placed within the context of the 1980's and each film is discussed in detail, including the controversies surrounding them, while attempting to analyze the films for their intrinsic interest.

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Duvivier was a giant of classic French cinema with a career spanning key moments of French film history. This analysis goes beyond its historical range to engage with key debates in film studies: notably auteurism, stardom and questions of the national. -- .

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This lucid, comprehensive and fascinating study shows Robbe-Grillets contribution to the evolution of the cinematic art both in France and internationally to have been considerably more important than previously acknowledged.

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This is the first full-length monograph in English on one of France's most important contemporary filmmakers, whose originality lies in his subtle exploration of sexuality and national identity -- .

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The first full-length monograph in English devoted to one of the most acclaimed and controversial directors in contemporary cinema -- .

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This is the first study of the films of Francois Ozon, and places the precocious French auteur in a lucid critical framework, highlighting Ozon's importance for a thoroughly postmodern film-going generation. -- .

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The fullest study of Georges Franju to date, and the first book on him in English since 1967 -- .

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This volume in the French Film Directors series has been long-awaited by students and academics of French and European cinema in particular and by Film Studies students in general. -- .

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First and only comprehensive overview of Pagnol's career in English, and the only book in any language to link Pagnol's early career as a playwright with his controversial theories of cinema and his work as a film director. -- .

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Dobson provides detailed critical analysis of films by Dominique Cabrera, Laetitia Masson, Noemie Lvovsky and Marion Vernoux, and presents common threads including the possible construction of social intimacy, the political demystification of romance narratives and the role of nostalgia in contemporary French cinema. -- .