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Berghahn Books Je TAime... Moi Non Plus Franco-British Cinematic Relations 2010 Edition by Lucy Mazdon, Catherine Wheatley
A series of limiting definitions have tended to delineate the Franco-British cinematic relationship. As this collection of essays reveals, there is much more to it than simple oppositions between British critical esteem for the films of France and French dismissal of 'le cinema British', or the success of Ken Loach et al. at the French box office and the relative dearth of French movies on British screens. In fact, there has long been a rich and productive dialogue between these two cultures in which both their clear differences and their shared concerns have played a vital role. This book provides an overview of the history of these relations from the early days of sound cinema to the present day. The chapters, written by leading experts in the history of French, British and European cinema, provide insights into relations between French and British cinematic cultures at the level of production, exhibition and distribution, reception, representation and personnel. The book features a diverse range of studies, including: the exhibition of French cinema in Britain in the 1930s, contemporary 'extreme' French cinema, stars such as Annabella, David Niven and Jane Birkin and the French Resistance on British screens. Table of contents :- List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgementsIntroduction Chapter 1. Franco-British Cinematic Relations: An OverviewLucy MazdonPart I: Industry and Institutions Chapter 2. The Exhibition, Distribution and Reception of French Films in Britain in the 1930sVincent Porter Chapter 3. The 'Cinematization' of Sound Cinema in Britain and the Dubbing into French of Hitchcock's Waltzes from Vienna (1934)Charles O'Brien Chapter 4. Une Entente Cordiale? A Brief History of the Anglo-French Film Coproduction Agreement, 1965-1979Justin SmithChapter 5. Channel-crossing Festivals: The Cases of the French Film Festival U.K. and Dinard's Festival du Film BritanniqueCecile RenaudChapter 6. The Language of Love? How the French Sold Lady Chatterley's Lover (Back) to British AudiencesCatherine WheatleyPart II: Reception and PerceptionsChapter 7. Disciplining the Nouvelle Vague: Censoring A Bout de Souffle and Other Early French New Wave Films (1956-1962)Daniel BiltereystChapter 8. The Reception of the Nouvelle Vague in BritainGeoffrey Nowell-SmithChapter 9. 'New Waves, New Publics?': The Nouvelle Vague, French Stars and British CinemaSarah StreetChapter 10. Mirror Image: French Reflections of British CinemaIan ChristieChapter 11. 'Incredibly French'?: Nation as an Interpretative Context for Extreme CinemaMelanie SelfeChapter 12. British Audiences and 1990s French New Realism: La Vie Revee des Anges as Cinematic Slum RealismIngrid StigsdotterPart III: Personnel and PerformanceChapter 13. 'The Meaning of That French Word Chic': Annabella's Franco-British StardomJonathan DriskellChapter 14. 'Those Frenchies Seek Him Everywhere': David Niven in Franco-British Cinematic RelationsCristina JohnstonChapter 15. Truffaut in LondonRobert MurphyChapter 16. Jane Birkin: From English Rose to French IconLeila WimmerChapter 17. The French Resistance Through British Eyes - From 'Allo 'Allo! to Charlotte GrayGinette VincendeauChapter 18. 'In the Ghetto': Space, Race and Marginalization in French and British 'Urban' Films La Haine and Bullet BoyJim MorrisseyNotes on ContributorsReferencesIndex