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Author:   Richard Neupert (University of Georgia, USA)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.517kg
ISBN:  

9781444338362

ISBN 10:   1444338366
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   25 March 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Figures ix Plates xiii Acknowledgments xvii 1 Introduction: The Rise of Animation in France 1 The Beginnings of Animation 4 Stop-Motion Animation Attractions 19 2 Silent Animation: Emile Cohl and his Artisanal Legacy 22 Emile Cohl, Caricature, and the Rise of Studio Animation 22 Emile Cohl at Pathé, Eclipse, and Eclair Studios 36 Graphic Art and the Cartoon: Lortac and O’Galop 45 But is it “Animation?” French Avant-Garde and Moving Pictures 54 3 French Animation and the Coming of Sound 60 Ladislas Starewich’s Fabled Puppets 61 Berthold Bartosch’s L’Idée: A Working-Class Allegory 73 Jean Painlevé’s La Barbe bleue 78 Alexandre Alexeieff, Claire Parker, and the Pinscreen 82 Niche Cartoons: Lyrical Joie de vivre and the Surreal La Fortune enchantée 90 4 Toward an Alternative Studio Structure 99 Paul Grimault and the Artist-Owned Animation Studio 100 Transitional Animation: From High Art to Made-for-TV 107 Toward a New Era of Micro-Studios: Laguionie and Laloux 114 5 French Animation’s Renaissance 124 Le Cartoon Plan 124 Michel Ocelot’s Alternative Mode of Production 127 Comic Book Aesthetics and Niche Studios 139 Contemporary French Animation: 2006 and Beyond 149 6 Conclusion: French Animation Today 162 References 171 Further Reading 178 Index 181

Reviews

The book jacket proclaims this the first history of French animation; it is also rich, comprehensive, and absorbing. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. (Choice, 1 December 2011)<p>

<p> French Animation History is a richly informed and highly readable scholarly book that will appeal both to specialists in the field and to the curious interested in this popular, and often neglected, dimension of French filmmaking...Scholars of French film and cultural studies are encouraged to have Neupert s book added to their university library collection. (H-France Review Vol. 1, 1 February 2013) The book jacket proclaims this the first history of French animation; it is also rich, comprehensive, and absorbing. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. (Choice, 1 December 2011) <p>

Author Information

Richard Neupert is the Wheatley Professor of the Arts and a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor in Film Studies at the University of Georgia.  His previous books include A History of the French New Wave Cinema (2007) and The End: Narration and Closure in the Cinema, as well as translations from French of Aesthetics of Film (Aumont, et al) and The French New Wave (Marie).

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