French Cinema & Entertainment: by Gunjan (230055)

French Cinema
& Entertainment
By gunjan (230055)
Early French Cinema
• The cinema of France includes the art of
film and creative movies made within
France or by French Filmmakers abroad.
• France was the birthplace of cinema and
was responsible for many of its early
significant contributions.
• Characteristics of French theater include
slower plotlines, strong character
development, and a deviance from happy
or conclusive endings.
The Cannes
International
Film Festival
• Began in 1946
• It is the most
respected such event
world wide.
• The Palme d’Or award
is one of the most
sought-after
achievements in
cinema.
• In 1976, the French
film industry first
awarded the Césars,
the country’s
equivalent of
Hollywood’s Academy
Awards.
Diversity In Film
• Apart from France’s strong film
traditions, it has also been a gathering
spot for artists from across Europe and
the world.
• French cinema is intertwined with the
cinemas of many foreign nations:
⚬Directors from nations such as Poland
(Roman Polanski), Argentina (Gaspar Noé),
France (Luc Besson), Russia (Alexandre
Alexeieff), etc.
⚬French directors have been important in the
development in other countries as well such
as Luc Besson in the United States.
Roman Polanski
⚬Occupation: Actor, Director,
Producer, and Screenwriter
⚬Born: August 18, 1933, Paris,
France
• Polanski’s first feature
length film, Knife in the
Water (1962) was
nominated for an Academy
Award for Best Foreign
Language Film.
• He has since received five
more Oscar nominations,
and in 2002 received the
Academy Awards for Best
Director for his film, The
Pianist
The Pianist (Co-production between
Polish, French, German, and British Film
Companies)
In addition to winning the Palme d’Or at the
2002 Cannes Film Festival, the film won the
Academy Awards for Best Director, Best
Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Gaspar Noé
⚬ Occupation: Argentinean-born
French Film Director
⚬ Born: December 27, 1963,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Irréversible (2002) is a film
written, directed, edited, and
photographed by Gaspar
Noé.
⚬ Won the ‘Bronze Horse’ award
at the Stockholm Film Festival.
⚬ Was nominated for the Palme
d’Or at the 2002 Cannes Film
Festival.
⚬ As well as the ‘Best Foreign
Language Award’ by the Film
Critics Circle of Australia.
Irréversib
le
Irréversible filmed thirteen
“The
scenes Bronze
in reverse
chronological order starting
Award”
with its ending and ending
with its beginning.
Won the Bronze Award at

the Stockholm Film Festival
and was nominated for the
Palme d'Or at the 2002
Cannes Film Festival and
was also nominated for the
“Best Foreign Language
Award”.
Luc Besson
⚬ Occupation: Producer,
director, screenwriter.
⚬ Born: March 18, 1959
Paris, France.
• He is the creator of
EuropaCorp film Company
• He has been involved with
over 50 films in a span of 26
years.
• In recent years, he has
written and produced several
action movies such as Taxi
and The Transporter Series.
• In 1997, he directed the hit
movie The Fifth Element with
Bruce Willis.
⚬ He won Best Director and Best
French Director for this film.
The Fifth Element 1997
Science fantasy, action-
comedy, techno thriller
Directed by Luc Besson
The production design

for the film was
developed by French
comics creators Jean
Giraud and Jean-Claude
Mezieres.
The costume design
was created by French
fashion designer Jean
Paul Gaultier, who
produced 954
costumes for use in the
film.
The “New Wave”
La Nouvelle Vague
• Began in 1958
⚬A young film critic, Claude Chabrol,
directed Le Beau Serge, a study of two
young men in a provincial town.
• Other new wave directors include:
⚬Jean-Luc Godard “À Bout de souffle”
⚬Francois Truffaut “Les Quatre cent coups”
￭ Accomplished most with his lively films such
as Tirez sur le pianiste (1960) and Jules et Jim
(1961).
The End of The New Wave
• By the early 1970s, the “new wave” had
lost its experimental edge.
• Although, Truffaut continued to produce
fine films such as Le Dernier métro which
is a story about love and conflict.
• Despite their loss of ‘edge’, many new
directors emerged and attracted world
attention.
• Jean Jacques Beineix’s Diva 1981 sparked
the 1980s wave and sent France’s film
industry soaring with new people:
⚬Jean Jacques Beineix (Diva 1981), Luc Besson
(Subway 1985), and Claude Berri (Jean de
Florette 1986).
Today’s Movie Scene in
France
• In Paris, cinema-goers enjoy a
wealth of choices with over 300
films showing every week.
• Smoking is now universally
forbidden in French movie theaters.
• Also, anyone who goes has to
remember to tip the usherette 10%
- it is the only money that she
receives.
Works Cited
http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Movies/
mov_index.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_Noé
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Element
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080610/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/César_Award
NOW FOR THE
GOOD STUFF
Thank you for patiently waiting
for
OUR CULTURE PROJECT:
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=TR4ZfWwRtJo

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