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Carmen on Film: A Cultural History

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by Professor Phil Powrie, Professor Bruce Babington, Professor Ann Davies

Traces the cinematic history of Carmen, the Spanish Gypsy femme fatale

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The Cinema of France

The Cinema of France more books like this

by Professor Phil Powrie (Editor)

An in-depth look at some of the best and most influential French films of all time, "The Cinema of France" contains 24 essays, each on an individual film. The book features works from the silent period and poetic realism, through the stylistic developments of the New Wave, and up to more contemporary challenging films, from directors such as Abel ...

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French Cinema in the 1990s: Continuity and Difference

French Cinema in the 1990s: Continuity and Difference more books like this

by Professor Phil Powrie (Editor)

Following on from Phil Powrie's French Cinema in the 1980s: Nostalgia and the Crisis of Masculinity (Clarendon Press, 1997), this collection of essays, which brings together scholars in the UK and the USA, is the first on French films in the 1990s. The collection focuses on continuity with the 1980s in terms of genres and preoccupations, such as ...

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Jean-Jacques Beineix

Jean-Jacques Beineix more books like this

by Professor Phil Powrie, Jean-Jacques Beineix (Foreword by)

This volume examines the films of Jean-Jacques Beineix, often seen as the best directorial example of the 1980s "cinema du look" with cult films, such as "Diva" and "Betty Blue (37 degrees le matin)". After an introduction which places Beineix in the context of the 1980s, the volume devotes a chapter to each of Beineix's feature films, including ...

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Composing for the Screen in Germany and the USSR: Cultural Politics and Propaganda

Composing for the Screen in Germany and the USSR: Cultural Politics and Propaganda more books like this

by Robynn Stilwell (Editor), Professor Phil Powrie (Editor)

Despite the long history of music in film, its serious academic study is still a relatively recent development and therefore comprises a limited body of work. The contributors to this book, drawn from both film studies and musicology, attempt to rectify this oversight by investigating film music from the vibrant, productive, politically charged ...

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Composing for the Screen in Germany and the USSR: Cultural Politics and Propaganda

Composing for the Screen in Germany and the USSR: Cultural Politics and Propaganda more books like this

by Professor Phil Powrie (Editor), Robynn Stilwell (Editor)

Despite the long history of music in film, its serious academic study is still a relatively recent development and therefore comprises a limited body of work. The contributors to this book, drawn from both film studies and musicology, attempt to rectify this oversight by investigating film music from the vibrant, productive, politically charged ...

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by Professor Phil Powrie, Keith Reader

The study of French cinema has expanded dramatically in recent years, as it is increasingly taught alongside literature in modern language departments. Many entrants to courses have no previous experience of film study. This book, written by two leading scholars of French film, offers students an introduction to the history and theory of French ...

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Carmen on Screen: An Annotated Filmography and Bibliography

Carmen on Screen: An Annotated Filmography and Bibliography more books like this

by Professor Ann Davies (Editor), Professor Phil Powrie (Editor)

"Carmen on Screen" is a filmographic and bibliographic guide for scholars interested in the different versions of the story of Carmen in film since her original appearance in Merimee's novella and its operatic adaptation by Bizet. With over 110 screen versions between 1894 and 2005, it is the most adapted narrative in film. The volume offers: ...

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