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1890-1930: hello cinema!
No full textBook synopsis: The French Cinema Book offers an innovative and accessible account of the richness and diversity of French film history from the 1890s to the 2010s. This revised, updated and expanded new edition contains contributions from thirty-six leading commentators on French cinema from around the world.\ud
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Michael Temple and Michael Witt assemble a broad range of approaches to the study and appreciation of French cinema:\ud
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· PEOPLE: Who are the men and women who have made French cinema happen?\ud
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· BUSINESS: What is the industrial culture in which French cinema has evolved?\ud
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· TECHNOLOGY: To what extent have technological factors determined the course of French cinema?\ud
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· FORMS: How can we study the diversity of film forms practiced across French cinema, and how have the formal ‘languages’ of film changed over time?\ud
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· REPRESENTATIONS: What have French films shown us of France, its society, its concerns, and the changing lives of its citizens?\ud
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· SPECTATORS: How has the audience’s experience of film-going changed in France over time?\ud
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· DEBATES: How has cinema been represented and discussed in French culture?\ud
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Whether you are a student, teacher, specialist or simply a fan of French cinema, this book is essential reading
1930-1960: classicism and conflict
No full textBook synopsis: The French Cinema Book offers an innovative and accessible account of the richness and diversity of French film history from the 1890s to the 2010s. This revised, updated and expanded new edition contains contributions from thirty-six leading commentators on French cinema from around the world.\ud
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Michael Temple and Michael Witt assemble a broad range of approaches to the study and appreciation of French cinema:\ud
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· PEOPLE: Who are the men and women who have made French cinema happen?\ud
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· BUSINESS: What is the industrial culture in which French cinema has evolved?\ud
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· TECHNOLOGY: To what extent have technological factors determined the course of French cinema?\ud
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· FORMS: How can we study the diversity of film forms practiced across French cinema, and how have the formal ‘languages’ of film changed over time?\ud
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· REPRESENTATIONS: What have French films shown us of France, its society, its concerns, and the changing lives of its citizens?\ud
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· SPECTATORS: How has the audience’s experience of film-going changed in France over time?\ud
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· DEBATES: How has cinema been represented and discussed in French culture?\ud
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Whether you are a student, teacher, specialist or simply a fan of French cinema, this book is essential reading
Introduction: rethinking French cinema
No full textBook synopsis: The French Cinema Book offers an innovative and accessible account of the richness and diversity of French film history from the 1890s to the 2010s. This revised, updated and expanded new edition contains contributions from thirty-six leading commentators on French cinema from around the world.\ud
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Michael Temple and Michael Witt assemble a broad range of approaches to the study and appreciation of French cinema:\ud
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· PEOPLE: Who are the men and women who have made French cinema happen?\ud
\ud
· BUSINESS: What is the industrial culture in which French cinema has evolved?\ud
\ud
· TECHNOLOGY: To what extent have technological factors determined the course of French cinema?\ud
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· FORMS: How can we study the diversity of film forms practiced across French cinema, and how have the formal ‘languages’ of film changed over time?\ud
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· REPRESENTATIONS: What have French films shown us of France, its society, its concerns, and the changing lives of its citizens?\ud
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· SPECTATORS: How has the audience’s experience of film-going changed in France over time?\ud
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· DEBATES: How has cinema been represented and discussed in French culture?\ud
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Whether you are a student, teacher, specialist or simply a fan of French cinema, this book is essential reading
1960-2004: a new world
No full textBook synopsis: The French Cinema Book offers an innovative and accessible account of the richness and diversity of French film history from the 1890s to the 2010s. This revised, updated and expanded new edition contains contributions from thirty-six leading commentators on French cinema from around the world.\ud
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Michael Temple and Michael Witt assemble a broad range of approaches to the study and appreciation of French cinema:\ud
\ud
· PEOPLE: Who are the men and women who have made French cinema happen?\ud
\ud
· BUSINESS: What is the industrial culture in which French cinema has evolved?\ud
\ud
· TECHNOLOGY: To what extent have technological factors determined the course of French cinema?\ud
\ud
· FORMS: How can we study the diversity of film forms practiced across French cinema, and how have the formal ‘languages’ of film changed over time?\ud
\ud
· REPRESENTATIONS: What have French films shown us of France, its society, its concerns, and the changing lives of its citizens?\ud
\ud
· SPECTATORS: How has the audience’s experience of film-going changed in France over time?\ud
\ud
· DEBATES: How has cinema been represented and discussed in French culture?\ud
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Whether you are a student, teacher, specialist or simply a fan of French cinema, this book is essential reading
Michael Rodriguez interviews fiction writer Michael Kimball
No full textAuthor Michael Kimball talks about moving away from Michigan to become a successful writer, his education, the fiction reading series he has started in Baltimore, the life-story-on-postcard project, and his book "Dear everybody." Kimball is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Purdue University Research Repository
No full textMichael Witt, MLS, is Head, Distributed Data Curation Center and Associate Professor of Library Science at Purdue University. He spoke about the data management services at Purdue and the Purdue University Research Repository (PURR)
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Paul Clemens
No full textAuthor Paul Clemens talks about his book "Made in Detroit," the genre of memoir, and writing about race. Clemens is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Tom Springer
No full textAuthor Tom Springer is interviewed about his writing career and his newest book "Looking for hickories". Springer talks about his career following after earning an Environmental Journalism degree from Michigan State University. He calls his genre "creative non-fiction" and explains how he weaves his memories into his books about life in rural and wild Michigan. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Springer is interviewed by Librarian Michael Rodriguez
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