Exception Taken: How France Has Defied Hollywood's New World Order

by Jonathan Buchsbaum

Book Overview

In Exception Taken, Jonathan Buchsbaum examines the movements that have emerged in opposition to the homogenizing force of Hollywood in global filmmaking. While European cinema was entering a steady decline in the 1980s, France sought to strengthen support for its film industry under the new Mitterrand government. Over the following decades, the country lobbied partners in the European Economic Community to design strategies to protect the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023117067X
• ISBN13: 9780231170673
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher