1930s French Cinema: Rogues, Romance & Exoticism - Classic Films for Movie Lovers & Film Studies
1930s French Cinema: Rogues, Romance & Exoticism - Classic Films for Movie Lovers & Film Studies

1930s French Cinema: Rogues, Romance & Exoticism - Classic Films for Movie Lovers & Film Studies" (注:原标题似乎是关于法国电影的学术内容而非跨境电商商品,因此优化时调整为更适合电影爱好者和研究者的标题,并添加了使用场景) 如果是实际跨境电商商品,请提供具体产品名称以便更准确优化。

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Many popular French films of the 1930s captured the world and brought it into neighborhood cinemas for filmgoers who craved adventure. These films often served as visual postcards from the French empire, which enjoyed an unprecedented visibility in domestic popular culture between the world wars. But the public appetite for the exotic also transcended imperial borders. Exoticist films displayed landscapes and different that lay beyond the metropole, many of which were not subject to European rule. This broad conception of the exotic meant that French narrative cinema represented both colonial and non-colonial settings and populations, developing a coherent set of tropes that were shaped, yet not entirely defined, by the politics of imperial rule. Empire alone cannot address the full range of the French exoticist imaginary that was projected onto movie screens in the 30s. Only by venturing beyond imperial boundaries can we fully understand how the French saw non-Westerners and, by extension, how they saw themselves during this tumultuous decade. Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s proposes a critical framework for exoticist cinema that includes and exceeds the limits of empire. From rogue colons to the métisse in love, from the deserts of North Africa to the streets of Shanghai, this book identifies and analyzes recurring figures, common settings, major stars, plot devices, and narrative outcomes that dominated exoticist cinema at its popular peak.

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This is a well-written and well-researched study about French films made during the 1930s that take place mostly in Africa and Asia. They were a mix of location shooting and studio sets that created convincing stories about homesick people trying to return to France, interracial relationships, and becoming involved in local politics and crime - all usually ending badly for them. The writer evokes their atmosphere in her descriptive interpretations. Many of these films are available online and on DVD. I've seen/own several of them and I tend to agree with her assessments, and I'll seek out more as the writer sparked my interest in the others. There's a lot about Sessue Hayakawa and his films made during these years where he was considered still a box office attraction in France. Her book is not written in a stuffy or 'academic' style nor does she 'over-analyze' her interpretations to the point of incomprehensibly that lose the general reader and often confuse me who possesses a MA in English. Highly recommended for fans of these kinds of films like Duvivier's PEPE LE MOKO and Pabst's LE DRAME DE SHANGHAI.
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