It can be argued that cinema was created in France by Louis Lumiere
in 1895 with the invention of the "cinematographe," the first true
motion-picture camera and projector. While there were other cameras
and devices invented earlier that were capable of projecting
intermittent motion of images, the "cinematographe" was the first
device capable of recording and externally projecting images in
such a way as to convey motion. Early films such as Lumiere's "La
Sortie de l'usine," a minute-long film of workers leaving the
Lumiere factory, captured the imagination of the nation and quickly
inspired the likes of Georges Melies, Alice Guy, and Charles Pathe.
Through the years, French cinema has been responsible for producing
some of the world's best directors Jean Renoir, Jean-Luc Godard,
Francois Truffaut, and Louis Malle and actors Charles Boyer,
Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, and Audrey Tautou.The
"Historical Dictionary of French Cinema" covers the history of
French film from the silent era to the present in a concise and up
to date volume detailing the development of French cinema and major
theoretical and cultural issues related to it. This is done through
a chronology, an introduction, photographs, a bibliography, and
hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on many of the
major actors, directors, films, movements, producers, and studios
associated with French cinema. Going beyond mere biographical
information, entries also discuss the impact and significance of
each individual, film, movement, or studio included. This detailed,
scholarly analysis of the development of film in France is useful
to both the novice and the expert alike.
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