
Screenwriters in French Cinema
Manchester University Press
Published on 9. March 2021
Book
Hardback
392 pages
978-0-7190-8842-1 (ISBN)
Description
Screenwriters have been central figures in French cinema since the conversion to sound, from early French-language talkies for the domestic market to lavish literary adaptations of the notorious 'quality tradition' of the 1950s, and from the 'aesthetic revolution' of the New Wave to the contemporary popular and auteur film in the 2000s. The first English language study to address screenwriters in French cinema, this volume will be of particular interest to scholars and students of French film and screenwriting. Taking a diachronic approach, it includes case studies drawn from the early sound period to the present day in order to offer an alternative historiography of French cinema, shed light on these overlooked figures and revisit the vexed question of film authorship. -- .
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Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Illustrations
16 black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
752 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-8842-1 (9780719088421)
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Persons
Sarah Leahy is Senior Lecturer in French and Film at Newcastle University
Isabelle Vanderschelden is Senior Lecturer in French Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University -- .
Isabelle Vanderschelden is Senior Lecturer in French Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University -- .
Content
Introduction
1 Charles Spaak: dramaturge and mauvais esprit
2 Jacques Prevert: from reluctant author to screenwriter as myth
3 Henri Jeanson: spectacular dialogue
4 Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost: writing the 'tradition of quality'
5 The screenwriter sacrificed? The 'screenplays' of the New Wave auteurs
6 Le cinema du samedi soir: Michel Audiard's screenplays and cult dialogue
7 Screenwriting trends in popular comedy
8 Dialogue writing in multicultural France since 2000: exploring the words of young people
9 Realisa(c)trices screenwriting the self: Noemie Lvovsky, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Maiwenn
Conclusion
Index -- .
1 Charles Spaak: dramaturge and mauvais esprit
2 Jacques Prevert: from reluctant author to screenwriter as myth
3 Henri Jeanson: spectacular dialogue
4 Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost: writing the 'tradition of quality'
5 The screenwriter sacrificed? The 'screenplays' of the New Wave auteurs
6 Le cinema du samedi soir: Michel Audiard's screenplays and cult dialogue
7 Screenwriting trends in popular comedy
8 Dialogue writing in multicultural France since 2000: exploring the words of young people
9 Realisa(c)trices screenwriting the self: Noemie Lvovsky, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Maiwenn
Conclusion
Index -- .