French B movies : suburban spaces, universalism, and the challenge of Hollywood / David A. Pettersen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pettersen, David A., author.

Series:

New directions in national cinemas.

New Directions in National Cinemas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--France--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Banlieue films--History and criticism.

Banlieue films.

Minorities in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 pages)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2023]

Summary:

-- In 2017, David Pettersen was inducted into the French Order of Academic Palms as a Knight. Prior to his induction, he founded an ongoing scholarly collaboration and exchange program with the Film and Media Studies Program at the Lumière University Lyon 2. As part of that work, he has organized conferences and co-edited two special journal issues of Écrans: Politique des auteurs / Auteur theory : Lectures contemporaines (Fall 2016) and Le cinéma ou la nouvelle expérience de l'art / Cinema or the new experience of art (Fall 2018). -- Pettersen's attention to France's B-movies offers a radically new idea of French cinema, with descriptions of blockbuster action films set in gritty urban spaces, and different, emergent notions about France observed in politically engaged filmmaking as a multicultural state with unequal access across parties to liberté, egalité, and fraternité. -- This book contributes to our offerings on French film, and IUP's strategic plan praises our stance as a leading publisher in this area. It is especially relevant to our film and media studies list because of the list's commitment to projects in postcolonial French and European studies and the series' focus on interdisciplinary and transnational approaches. -- The audience includes students, including undergraduates, and scholars of contemporary French and American cinema, transnationalism, and critical race studies. The book will be especially useful to those interested in transatlantic approaches to questions of race, migration, and cultural diversity in France.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Film Titles and French-Language Citations

Introduction

1. Suburban Cinema between Art and Genre

2. Luc Besson's EuropaCorp and Parkour in the Suburbs

3. Suburban Gangsters: Screen Violence and the Banlieues

4. Suburbanoia and French Banlieue Horror Films

5. Omar Sy: Black Superstardom in Contemporary France

6. Beyond the Art/Genre Divide: Céline Sciamma's Girlhood

Conclusion: Genre, Inclusive Casting, and the Suburbs in the Age of SVoD

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Pettersen, David A. French B Movies

ISBN:

9780253064912