It's So French! Hollywood, Paris, and the Making of Cosmopolitan Film Culture

Name: It's So French! Hollywood, Paris, and the Making of Cosmopolitan Film Culture
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ISBN: 9780226742434

ISBN-10: 0226742431

ISBN-13: 9780226742434

Edition: 2007

Authors: Vanessa R. Schwartz

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The recent history of cultural exchange between France and the United States would appear to be defined by "freedom fries" and boycotts against Beaujolais--or, on the other side of the Atlantic, by enraged farmers toppling statues of Ronald McDonald. But this dismal state of affairs is a long way from the mutual admiration that followed World War II, epitomized in a 1958 cover of "Look" magazine that declared "Brigitte Bardot conquers America." "It's So French!" explores the close affinity between the French and American film industries that flourished in the postwar years, breaking down myths of American imperialism and French cultural protectionism while illuminating the vital role that…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 12/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 0.71" wide x 0.88" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Belle Epoque That Never Ended: Frenchness and the Can-Can Film of the 1950s



The Cannes Film Festival and the Marketing of Cosmopolitanism



And France Created Bardot



The Cosmopolitan Film: From Around the World in Eighty Days to Making Movies Around the World


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography