Remi Fournier Lanzoni, author of French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present," also published by Continuum International, teaches Italian at Wake Forest University, North Carolina.
"Coming from esteemed film scholar Remi Lanzoni, this detailed book
treads the innovative path of French cinema from 1895 to 2002,
offering an all-encompassing history...he is an adroit guide, and
this is a useful appendage to any cinefile's library." Good Book
Guide
"I was very happy to come across (French Cinema), as it matches
almost exactly what I thought should be covered in class. Prior to
its publication (I) was unable to find anything else quite like it.
I hope that you will continue to update it periodically so it can
be used for the sort of broad survey course I am teaching. In
addition to its insightful and thorough overview of more than a
century of French films, it has the added benefit of being very
well-written. I hope it will be discovered by others teaching
French film courses and that its availability may encourage faculty
to develop such courses where they do not already exist. C'est moi
qui dois vous remercier d'avoir ecrit un si bon livre!" Mark
Poindexter, Professor, Department of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts,
Central Michigan University Recommended Vacation Reading. Film
fans, primarily devotees of foreign films, can t help but benefit
from a serious perusal of this hardcover, which tells movie goers
just about everything they might wish to know about the development
of cinema in France. Hai Rai !!!!! Must Read." Public News Service
Lanzoni s book is an enter in what the French secretly keep out of
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success Amazon.com a comprehensive look at the art form fascinating
information American Salon this book should become the obligatory
first reference point for discussions of the French cinema in the
future .elegantly organized, well researched, but always
interesting history French Cinema belongs in the library of anyone
who loves the cinema. It will satisfy the specialist with its
reliability and completeness, while it will engage the student and
general reader with its lack of jargon and sensible organization.
No doubt it will become the standard text on the subject for years
to come. Peter Bondanella, Chairman and Distinguished Professor,
Western European Studies, Indiana University, author of Italian
Cinema: From Neorealism to the Present "The co
"Covering material ranging from the Lumieres to Pitof's Vidocq
(2001), 'the first all-digital feature film, ' this crammed survey
provides an excellent introduction to a hardy national cinema-and
to film in general . This engaging, readable book provides all one
needs to know about French film. Essential." Choice
"The conditions under which wartime film-makers produced their work
are enlighteningly explored, as is the political will which so
heavily subsidized and ultimately shaped French cinema in the 1970s
and subsequently. Lanzoni explains quite thoroughly the reasons why
French cinema has become in the main so conventional and
unrewarding in recent years A solid and interesting book about the
French film industry." The Spectator
This 400-page history of French Cinema takes us at a gallop from
the moment in 1895 when the Lumiere brothers gave us the
cinematograph. The Guardian UK
"This engaging, readable book provides all one needs to know about
French film. Essential."
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