The French Cinema Book

An accessible and innovative survey of key topics in French cinema from the 1890s to the 21st century. Combining historical context, background information and detailed case studies and analysis of films, The French Cinema Book sets out a fresh agenda for the study and appreciation of French cinema.  

• 21st century
• access
• Case Studies
• cinema
• French

'French cinema has...been the subject of numerous academic studies over the years, but I doubt if any offer quite such an accessible and arresting introduction as The French Cinema Book. Its editors, Michael Temple and Michael Witt, state that the 25 contributors pledged to avoid the academic jargon and footnotes, and the approach has produced wonderful results.' - Christopher Wood, Times Higher Education

Michael Temple teaches French at Birkbeck College, London. He is the author of The Name of the Poet (1995), editor of Meetings with Mallarmé (1998), and co-editor of The Cinema Alone: Jean-Luc Godard 1985-2000 (2000), and is currently writing Jean Vigo for Manchester University Press.

Michael Witt teaches Cinema Studies at the University of Surrey Roehampton. He has published widely on French cinema, is co-editor of For Ever Godard (2004) and is currently writing Jean-Luc Godard, Cinema Historian for Indiana University Press.

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