
Film and Community in Britain and France
From La Regle du Jeu to Room at the Top
Margaret Butler(Author)
I.B. Tauris (Publisher)
Published on 27. August 2004
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Hardback
224 pages
978-1-86064-954-7 (ISBN)
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Description
Relations between France and Britain have always been uneasy and ambivalent. But in cinema the WWII changed all that for a time. Although the two countries' wartime fortunes differed, post-war both were busy reintegrating returning servicemen and prisoners of war, and accomodating the changed aspirations of women. Margaret Butler examines these subjects and more in her comparative study of the cinemas of Britain and France during and after the war. Using the concept of continuity, she shows how cinema dealt directly with ideas of belonging and alienation, inclusion and exclusion, unity and division. She also draws on contemporary debates and offers a perceptive reading of key films, to reveal the meaning and appeal of French classics like "Les Enfants du Paradis" and notable British productions like "Waterloo Road".
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
20 b&w halftones
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86064-954-7 (9781860649547)
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Margaret Butler is Lecturer in Film and Television History at the Open University.