The French New Wave cinema is arguably the most fascinating of all film movements, famous for its exuberance, daring, and avant-garde techniques. "A History of the French New Wave Cinema" offers a fresh look at the social, economic, and aesthetic mechanisms that shaped French film in the 1950s, as well as detailed studies of the most important New Wave movies of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Richard Neupert first tracks the precursors to New Wave cinema, showing how they provided blueprints for those who would follow. He then demonstrates that it was a core group of...

The French New Wave: An Artistic School is a lively introduction to this critical moment in film history by one of the world's leading scholars on the New Wave.

• Provides a concise account of the French New Wave by one of the world's leading film scholars.
• Outlines the essential traits of the New Wave and defines it as a school that changed international film history forever.
• Includes a chronology of major political and cultural events of the New Wave, black-and-white images, and an extensive bibliography.

The French New Wave: An Artistic School is a lively introduction to this critical moment in film history by one of the world's leading scholars on the New Wave.

• Provides a concise account of the French New Wave by one of the world's leading film scholars.
• Outlines the essential traits of the New Wave and defines it as a school that changed international film history forever.
• Includes a chronology of major political and cultural events of the New Wave, black-and-white images, and an extensive bibliography.

French Animation History is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of animation, illuminating the exceptional place France holds within that history.

• Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2011
• The first book dedicated exclusively to this history
• Explores how French animators have forged their own visual styles, narrative modes, and technological innovations to construct a distinct national style, while avoiding the cliches and conventions of Hollywood's commercial cartoons
• Includes more than 80 color and black...