French Cinema in the 1980s: Nostalgia and the Crisis of Masculinity

by Phil Powrie

Book Overview

French film in the 1980s might have lacked the invention of the New Wave but gritty police thrillers and nostalgic costume-dramas such as Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources brought French cinema to a wider audience than ever before.

This landmark study is not merely a history of French film in the 1980s, but offers a set of critical essays on the crisis of masculinity in contemporary French culture, and its interrelationship with nostalgia...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198711190
• ISBN13: 9780198711193
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"