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Amelie: Le Fabuleux Destin D'Amelie Poulain
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"Le Fabuleux destin d'Amé lie Poulain" (known in the United States as "Amé lie") is the story of a lonely young waitress in the Montmartre district who decides to devote herself to improving the lives of people around her. Isabelle Vanderschelden provides analysis and social context for the film and the reasons behind its success.
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Stars and Stardom in French Cinema
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Ginette Vincendeau
When people think of film stars, they think of Hollywood. Yet, second only to America, French cinema has produced the most substantial galaxy of stars to achieve world fame in their national films. Top French stars are every bit as glamorous and charismatic as their American counterparts, but they are also different from their rivals and opposites ...
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Encyclopedia of European Cinema
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Edited By Ginette Vincendeau The British Film Institute, Ginette Vincendeau (Editor), British Film Institute (Compiled by)
This reference includes biographies of key film-makers, actors, and other industry contributors.
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La Reine Margot
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Julianne Pidduck, Ginette Vincendeau (Editor)
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La Haine
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Ginette Vincendeau (Editor)
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Popular European Cinema
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Richard Dyer (Editor), Ginette Vincendeau (Editor)
While popular European cinema is strongly linked with the dominant American version of popular film, it cannot be read simply as Hollywood in foreign dress. The styles, stars and genres of popular European cinema - Swedish melodramas, Italian horror movies, French musicals - all have their own conventions, superfically similar to Hollywood and yet ...
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Journeys of Desire: European Actors in Hollywood: A Critical Companion
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Alastair Phillips (Editor), Ginette Vincendeau (Editor)
"Journeys of Desire" offers for the first time, a comprehensive critical guide to European actors in American film, bringing together 15 overview chapters with A-Z entries on over 900 individuals in one accessible and scholarly volume. Since the early days of the US film industry, European actors have consistently been a major force in Hollywood. ...
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Casque D'Or
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Sarah Leahy, Ginette Vincendeau (Editor)
"Casque d'or"'s tragic love story of a golden-haired prostitute's attempt to escape a world of crime is a classic of 1950s French cinema. Sarah Leahy's guide analyzes the film, offers detailed discussions of its production and the public's response to it, and places it within the context of cinema and social history.
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Alphaville
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Chris Darke, Ginette Vincendeau (Editor)
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Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris
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Ginette Vincendeau
One of the most brilliant filmmakers in post-war France and world cinema, Jean-Pierre Melville now enjoys renewed popularity. His "Bob le flambeur" (with its street-wise Montmartre and Pigalle settings, its cool jazz score and its good-humoured tale of gangster clans) not only inspired the New Wave but has attained unassailable cult status. Other ...
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Film / Literature / Heritage: A Sight and Sound Reader
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Ginette Vincendeau (Editor)
Third in the series of Sight and Sound Readers; Literary adaptations a well-studied topic and more heritage films are released than any other genre; Includes discussion of a range of films throughout the 90s, such as American Pyscho, The Beach and Jackie Brown; Includes section on Dystopias and Pulp Fictions; Major new essay by one of the UK's ...
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Pepe Le Moko
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Ginette Vincendeau
Pepe le Moko (1937), directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Gabin, is the epitome of 1930s French cinema. It tells the story of glamorous gangster Pepe, trapped in the Casbah in Algiers. A romantic, atmospheric thriller, Pepe le Moko was crucial to the development of French film noir and inspired a number of remakes and many imitations. ...
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20 Ans De Thèories Fèministes Sur Le Cinèma
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Ginette; Reynaud Vincendeau, Bèrènice
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Encyclopedia of European cinema
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British Film Institute
Published to coincide with the Centenary of Cinema in 1995, this A-Z guide of European film provides an overview of the development of European cinema. It contains biographies of important figures and filmographies, and covers significant films, schools of thought and awards.
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Companion to French Cinema: The British Film Institute
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Ginette Vincendeau (Editor), British Film Institute
Invaluable A-Z reference guide to past and present French Cinema.
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