Unraveling French Cinema: From L'Atalante to Cach T. Jefferson Kline (Boston University, USA) 9781405184519

Unraveling French Cinema provides a much needed introduction to the complexities of French film for students, cineastes, and the movie-loving public.

• Looks at the differences between French and American national cinema
• Explores how French directors shape their films around two potentially divergent goals: the narration of a story and an elaboration of some theory about film itself.
• Demystifies the "difficulty" of French cinema, allowing the American movie-goer to enjoy films that are too often perplexing at a first viewing.
• Offers extended analyses of classic, New Wave, and contemporary French films-including L'Atalante, Adele H., The Rules of the Game, and Cache.

About the Author
T. Jefferson Kline is a Professor of French at Boston University where he served as Chair of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures (1979-88) and more recently received a Metcalf Award for excellence in teaching. His publications include Bertolucci's Dream Loom, I film di Bertolucci, Intertextuality in New Wave French Cinema and various edited works and essays on literature.

Reviews
"T. Jefferson Kline's recent book is an interesting, instructive, and at times intriguing Read. . . Jean Vigo's L'Atalante is presented as an excellent example of how poetry can be achieved through cinematography." (Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 1 September 2011)

"Cinema historians or those specialists in film studies interested in the links between film and history may find something still to be desired from these combinations, even if the analysis offered does shed quite a different light on some of the most famous films of French cinema." (FH, 2 June 2011)

"In Unraveling French Cinema by T. Jefferson Kline, the focus (and astoundingly detailed focus it is too) is on the complexities of this strain of cinema divided appropriately into eight sections accompanied by in-depth examinations of ten films." (M/C Reviews, August 20, 2010)

"I enjoyed this book very much and found it to be challenging, rewarding and worthwhile. Kline has an engaging prose style and clearly knows his stuff. Envy his students." (Jildy Sauce, April 2010)

Book Information
ISBN 9781405184519
Author T. Jefferson Kline
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 345g
Dimensions(mm) 230mm * 154mm * 15mm