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	The French Connection - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The film which tells the story of two New York City policemen who are trying to intercept a heroin shipment coming in from France; this is based on the actual, infamous "French Connection" trafficking scheme.
		His real life partner, Sonny "Cloudy" Grosso appears in the film, as well, as a FBI agent on the case (his "big" scenes are at the airport and in Washington, D.C., tailing Sal Boca (Lo Bianco) and Charnier ("Frog # 1").) The film was adapted by Ernest Tidyman from the novel by Robin Moore.
		The film is often cited as containing one of the greatest car chase sequences in movie history, and car chases, with elaborate stunt work, became de rigueur afterward.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_French_Connection (740 words)

	Cinema of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She made her first film in 1896, 'La Fée au Choux', and was head of production at Gaumont 1897-1906, where she made in total about 400 films.
		The French cinema market, and more generally the French-speaking market, is smaller than the English-speaking market, one reason being that some major markets such as the United States are fairly reluctant to import foreign movies.
		As a consequence, French movies have to be amortized on a relatively small market and thus generally have budgets far lower than their American counterparts, ruling out expensive settings and special effects.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cinema_of_France (1185 words)

	Film Noir - Films
		Film noir is a distinct branch, sub-genre or offshoot of the crime/gangster and detective/mystery sagas from the 1930s (i.e., Little Caesar (1930), Public Enemy (1931) and Scarface (1932)), but very different in tone and characterization.
		Film noir films (mostly shot in gloomy grays, fls and whites) showed the dark and inhumane side of human nature with cynicism and doomed love, and they emphasized the brutal, unhealthy, seamy, shadowy, dark and sadistic sides of the human experience.
		Film noir was marked by expressionistic lighting, deep-focus camera work, disorienting visual schemes, jarring editing or juxtaposition of elements, skewed camera angles (usually vertical or diagonal rather than horizontal), circling cigarette smoke, existential sensibilities, and unbalanced compositions.
	www.filmsite.org /filmnoir.html (1857 words)

	Steve Nottingham: The French New Wave
		The core group of French New Wave directors initially collaborated and assisted each other, which helped in the development of a common and distinct use of form, style and narrative, which was to make their work instantly recognizable.
		Their films could be shot quickly and cheaply with this portable and flexible equipment, which encouraged experimentation and improvisation, and generally gave the directors more artistic freedom over their work.
		In a Hollywood film this would be avoided by either using a shot/reverse shot edit or cutting to a shot from a camera in a position over 30 º from the preceding shot.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Stephen_Nottingham/cintxt2.htm (1843 words)

	French Films - French Film Festival - Hollins University
		This year’s French Film Festival features four films by the legendary director Bertrand Tavernier who is regarded by many as the most important French director of his generation.
		Tavernier’s debut film, in which Philippe Noiret is the clockmaker whose existence is shattered by the news that his son has been accused of a political murder.
		Based on the novel by Pierre Bost, this film is Bertrand Tavernier's poetic study of an aging Impressionist painter, emotionally withdrawn from his family and disappointed by their accomplishments, who makes one final attempt at reconciliation.
	www.hollins.edu /undergrad/french/filmfest.htm (367 words)

	Kinoeye \| French film: Francois Ozon
		This film again has a single set (a mansion at which a murder is committed and from which none of the titular women, all of whom are suspects, can leave because of the snow outside) and an extremely glossy, performative, Douglas Sirk-like mise-en-scène.
		Although in these more recent films he has abandoned the intense character studies he made such an impression with in his best shorts and features for an intricate and self-conscious play with star, genre and narrative, he has nonetheless done enough to qualify him as a distinctive artist with a recognisable style.
		These films could easily have been designed by Ozon to catch audiences and critics off guard and to show how wrong they were in trying to pigeonhole him on the strength of previous work.
	www.kinoeye.org /03/13/bingham13.php (2769 words)

	French Film Bears Witness to Wartime Complicity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Boucault said that at times it was hard to follow the men as they excitedly recounted their guerrilla actions, so he persuaded them to re- enact some dramatic moments on the streets of Paris, even to the point of having them wave pistols and hurry down escape paths.
		Movies, books and two war-crimes trials of French collaborators, Paul Touvier and Maurice Papon, have told a less uplifting story of the deep involvement of the collaborationist Vichy regime and of the French police and militia in the deportation of 76,000 Jews from France to Nazi death camps.
		With three of the film's "terrorists" still alive, perhaps it is time for the documentary to be shown again in France.
	www.pipeline.com /~rgibson/frenchfilm.html (942 words)

	HARD-BOILED MYSTERIES - French crime films: noir films
		It is a contraction of "policier", a genre in film and literature, where the narrative centers on a criminal case or the world of crime.
		Some French sources argue that the term "polar" should be only applied to the latter category, films and novels in the "noir" or “hard-boiled” tradition.
		The term "film noir" was created by French critics after the end of World War II when they discovered a large group of American films made in the 1940s that could not be seen in France during the German occupation.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/6384/noirfilmsfr.html (558 words)

	Kinoeye \| French film: Claire Denis' J'ai pas sommeil (1994)
		Claire Denis has often directed films that deal with the marginalisation of the Other, which is mostly evident in her depiction of men of colour and of foreigners living in France in the margins of mainstream society.
		Indeed, just as Denis's previous film, S'en fout la mort, was termed "a portrait of exploitation" of illegal immigrants,[3] J'ai pas sommeil reveals the precarious situation of both men of colour and white immigrants in French society.
		The film's treatment of this topic thus obeys a specific structure, shifting conventional representations towards a more personal, de-centred terrain in which the formal elements (including self-reflexivity and mise-en-abyme) also serve to differentiate the borderland even further from mainstream society, and almost removes it from possible recognition, something which audiences may find unsettling.
	www.kinoeye.org /03/07/oster07.php (2473 words)

	Je ne sais quoi: VCU French Film Festival appeals to wider audience - Commonwealth Times - Spectrum
		French filmmakers and actors served novices and enthusiasts a taste of their culture at the 13th VCU French Film Festival.
		French still have a concept of art," he said, adding that American films are primarily made to generate revenue.
		As directors and actors crammed in front of the stage during the delegation ceremony, Kirkpatrick joked that the film festival may be outgrowing the Byrd Theatre.
	www.commonwealthtimes.com /media/paper634/news/2005/04/04/spectrum/je.ne.sais.quoi.vcu.french.film.festival.appeals.to.wider.audience-912073.shtml (854 words)

	Unifrance - Promoting French cinema worldwide
		Within the framework of the Franco-German Film Academy founded in June 2000 by the German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and French President Jacques Ch...
		French actor Christian Clavier has accepted to travel to Russia with Unifrance to present a preview screening of "The Antidote" on November 8 in Moscow.
		New films by François Ozon, Dominik Moll, Patrice Chéreau, and Costa-Gavras are to be presented in preview screenings at the festival, with "Frankie" by Fabienne Berthaud also included in the selection.
	www.unifrance.org /home.asp?langue=21002 (252 words)

	VCU French Film - History
		Founded in 1993, the Virginia Commonwealth University French Film Festival located in Richmond, Virginia is an American-led initiative to: (1) promote French language cinema and culture in the United States and (2) create a tradition of Franco-American corporate and cultural partnerships.
		Peter and Françoise Kirkpatrick, professors of French literature and culture, to gauge the true interest in the latest French film productions largely unknown to audiences in an average-sized American city, the first festival proved the existence of a demand that the American distribution companies were failing to satisfy.
		Each film was accompanied by a teleconference with its director, producer or a starring actor, enabling audience members to ask questions to professionals in the French cinematic industry.
	www.frenchfilm.vcu.edu /history.html (1385 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Film \| Film ruled 'not French enough'
		Two associations of French producers had challenged Jeunet's right to French government subsidies, because Warner Bros was among the film's backers.
		French subsidies could be as high as millions of euros depending how well the film does at the box office.
		Films shown at Cannes must not have been screened outside the country where they originate ahead of the festival.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/4048439.stm (454 words)

	FRENCH FILM QUOTAS
		US film producers are concerned with the directive's implications because the industry earns $3.5 billion per year from the exports to the European audio-visual market.
		At that time French films were of equal caliber to American- made films, and the French welcomed American films; they did not see them as a threat.
		He said "the film was too brutal and does not suit European values." (26) The man's comments reflect the general opinion of most French people when they are asked about their perception of American film and cultural imperialism.
	www.american.edu /TED/frenchtv.htm (2431 words)

	La Nouvelle Vague / French New Wave
		Love it or hate it, it cannot be denied that the new wave of film directors of the late1950s and early 1960s left their mark on French cinema.
		It is a wistful tale of love and fidelity, filmed with the expansive eloquence which marks most of Demy's films.
		One of the defining films of the French New Wave, Vivre sa vie is a pot-pourri of poetry and irony, a film which, despite its unconventional form, both captivates and shocks its audience.
	frenchfilms.topcities.com /Best_Nouvelle_Vague.html (1160 words)

	French Film Festival 2006, Australia > Home
		The "Alliance Française French Film Festival" (AF FFF) began in 1989, on the initiative of the director of the Alliance Française of Sydney.
		The 2005 edition of the Festival gathered around 40 000 people and enabled the diffusion of more than 20 recent films, documentaries and short films in French.
		Please register to be the first to receive updated information about the 2006 French Film Festival as it becomes available.
	www.frenchfilmfestival.org (177 words)

	French film reaches India : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		French film festivals are a huge draw in the metropolises of India, but no Gallic film has ever been able to break into the mainstream foreign film distribution network.
		France happens to be the third largest film producing nation of the world after India and the US and many of its master filmmakers have consistently redefined the boundaries of medium.
		Swimming Pool was in Competition in the 2003 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for both the Cesar Awards and the European Film Awards.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1255689,00110003.htm (562 words)

	Sacramento French Film Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		We invite you to become a sponsor of the Sacramento French Film Festival.
		The Sacramento French Film Festival is an annual event held in July.
		Films continue all day Saturday and Sunday, and the next weekend, and include special midnight moviea on Saturdays for mature audiences.
	www.afdesacramento.org /filmfest (293 words)

	French Culture \| Cinema \| French Film Festivals in USA 2003 archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		His films are characterized by their rigorous formal structure and the use of non-professional actors; displaying a remarkable balance between the specificity of their source material and the operation of grace under the surface of events.
		Chris Marker is joined by Yannick Bellon, daughter of photographer Denise Bellon, whose images from the period 1935-1955 are the backbone of Remembrance, a rumination on the photographer's life as well as the beginning of the modern age, the history of Surrealism, the atrocities of WWII, Marker's love of cats, Paris and women.
		Legendary French actress Jeanne Moreau will be in new York in person to introduce her films L'Adolescente (The Adole scent) (1975), the U.S. premiere of La petite prairie aux bouleaux (A Birch Tree Meadow) (2002), and Eva (Eve) (1962).
	www.frenchculture.org /cinema/festival/03archive.html (2709 words)

	French Culture \| Cinema \| French Cinema in the USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		French actress Isabelle Huppert is honoreed with a twenty-five film retrospective, which opens with the American premiere of her most recent film, Gabrielle (2005).
		His early films include the controversial "The Lovers" ("Les Amants," 1958) as well as "Zazie dans le metro" (1960), and his American films starred such famous actresses as Brooke Shields in "Pretty Baby" (1978) and Susan Sarandon in "Atlantic City" (1980).
		Perhaps the most startlingly authentic portrayal of a love affair ever filmed, After Sex is a funny, taboo-breaking film about passion and obsession, which swoops from the euphoric heights of a sexually charged romance to its tempestuous aftermath.
	www.frenchculture.org /cinema (904 words)

	Placard, Le (2001) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In each film, it is attributed to a likable idiot.
		The film is pretty superficial and doesn't really delve into all the ramifications of it's storyline situation, but it does provide some easy laughs and some strong performances throughout.
		His is probably one of the most complicated characters in the film and he handles it well.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0243493 (566 words)

	CBC Arts: Film made in France ruled not French (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The film, which lands in theatres in North America on Friday, was shot in France using French actors and a French crew.
		The film was made with the help of state funds from France's National Centre for Cinematography.
		The movie also cannot be entered in France's Cannes Film Festival because it is being released in the U.S. Movies entered at Cannes must be screened only in their country of origin prior to the festival.
	www.cbc.ca /story/arts/national/2004/11/26/Arts/Jeunetfilm041126.html (342 words)

	Welcome to the French Department at Berkeley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The dedicated and creative teachers and scholars in our department share a commitment to excellence of instruction, whether it be in a first year French class, a specialized course for majors (all of which are taught in French), a course on French literature in translation, or an advanced graduate seminar.
		For its undergraduate majors and minors and its graduate students the Berkeley French Department provides thorough coverage in the traditional, historically based divisions of French literature and culture, as well as in Francophone literatures.
		French film series organized both by our department and at the Pacific Film Archive complement our academic programs and offerings.
	french.berkeley.edu (502 words)

	French Culture \| Cinema \| French Film Festivals in USA 2004 archive
		The only film festival in the country dedicated exlusively to the work of emerging French filmmakers is back for another edition, offering a new opportunity to discover France¹s next generation of actors and directors.dition, offering a new opportunity to discover France¹s next generation of actors and directors.
		This retrospective of a dozen films by French director Maurice Pialat (1925-2003) demonstrates that he was a towering figure in the contemporary cinema, whose impact and influence continues to be felt.
		French director director Alain Resnais was a celebrated documentarian and seemingly the most experimental and intellectual of the New Wave titans.
	www.info-france-usa.org /culture/cinema/festival/04archive.html (2515 words)

	Accès Cinéma Africain: French Language Film & Immersion
		They will discuss their film, filmmaking in general, their life in art, (many of them are also accomplished in other art forms) cultural aspects and issues pertinent to their regions; and of course, as always...what you thought about their work and how to make it more accessible.
		The films from Algeria and Morocco and Egypt are constantly addressing important issues such as religion, gender relations in developing Arab countries, and reconciling relations between colonial and colonized...to name but a few.
		One film, a collaboration between Cuba and Martinique (that's right...Cuba and Martinique) was a murder mystery set in pre-revolutionary Cuba in which the music and dance of the Rhumba were both part of the artistic design of the film as well as a character or force in the film.
	www.cinema-africain.org /info_page.html (2610 words)

	Samuel French, Inc. The House of Plays & Musical Plays for 175 Years (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Founded in 1830 Samuel French pioneered the concept of providing published plays and musical plays to theatrical producing groups throughout the world.
		Samuel French seeks out the world's best plays and makes them available to the widest range of producing groups.
		Sources of Samuel French's plays range from Broadway and England's West End to publication of unsolicited scripts submitted by unpublished authors.
	www.samuelfrench.com (115 words)

	New French film delivers
		Films that on one level are pleasing, but are purely fluff that vanish from the viewer’s consciousness no more than a minute after leaving the cinema.
		It’s a psychologically astute, satiric character study of some members of the French artistic class dealing with the nature of their familial relationships, and the way the hunger for success alters behavior.
		(The film never suggests that they are mere poseurs, they take their work seriously.) Here is one witty French film that delves beneath the surface, and left me hoping that the film would go on for a few more hours.
	www.downtownexpress.com /de_105/newfrenchfilm.html (516 words)

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