{"product_id":"french-animation-history-isbn-9781118798768","title":"French Animation History","description":"\u003ci\u003eFrench Animation History\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of animation, illuminating the exceptional place France holds within that history.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSelected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2011\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe first book dedicated exclusively to this \u003ci\u003ehistory\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores how French animators have forged their own visual styles, narrative modes, and technological innovations to construct a distinct national style, while avoiding the clichés and conventions of Hollywood’s commercial cartoons\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes more than 80 color and black and white images from the most influential films, from early silent animation to the recent internationally renowned \u003ci\u003ePersepolis\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEssential reading for anyone interested in the study of French film\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eFigures ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlates xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction: The Rise of Animation in France 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Beginnings of Animation 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStop-Motion Animation Attractions 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Silent Animation: Emile Cohl and his Artisanal Legacy 22\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmile Cohl, Caricature, and the Rise of Studio Animation 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmile Cohl at Pathé, Eclipse, and Eclair Studios 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGraphic Art and the Cartoon: Lortac and O’Galop 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut is it “Animation?” French Avant-Garde and Moving Pictures 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 French Animation and the Coming of Sound 60\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLadislas Starewich’s Fabled Puppets 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBerthold Bartosch’s L’Idée: A Working-Class Allegory 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJean Painlevé’s La Barbe bleue 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlexandre Alexeieff, Claire Parker, and the Pinscreen 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNiche Cartoons: Lyrical Joie de vivre and the Surreal La Fortune enchantée 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Toward an Alternative Studio Structure 99\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaul Grimault and the Artist-Owned Animation Studio 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransitional Animation: From High Art to Made-for-TV 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward a New Era of Micro-Studios: Laguionie and Laloux 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 French Animation’s Renaissance 124\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLe Cartoon Plan 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichel Ocelot’s Alternative Mode of Production 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComic Book Aesthetics and Niche Studios 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary French Animation: 2006 and Beyond 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Conclusion: French Animation Today 162\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 181\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Neupert expertly integrates the lives and exploits of the animators with the plots of films they produced and with the trends and issues in the profession…Summing Up: Highly recommended.\" – C\u003ci\u003ehoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eFrench Animation History\u003c\/i\u003e 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.”  - \u003ci\u003eH-France Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Neupert\u003c\/b\u003e is the Wheatley Professor of the Arts and a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor in Film Studies at the University of Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNow in paper, \u003ci\u003eFrench Animation History\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to chronicle the 100-year history of animation in France. Charting this vital and singular chapter in the history of cinema, the volume examines France’s artistic and technical traditions; how French animators have forged their unique visual styles, narrative modes, and technological innovations to construct a distinct national style; how France has catapulted itself to the third-largest producer of animation in the world. 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