{"product_id":"french-blockbusters-cultural-politics-of-a-transnational-cinema-9781474424233","title":"French Blockbusters: Cultural Politics of a Transnational Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe digitised spectacles conjured by a word like 'blockbuster' may create a certain cognitive dissonance with received ideas about French cinema - long celebrated as a model for philosophical, economic and aesthetic resistance to globalised popular culture. While the Gallic 'cultural exception' remains a forceful current to this day, this book shows how the onslaught of Hollywood mega-franchises and new media platforms since the 1980s has also provoked an overtly commercialised response from French producers eager to redefine the stakes and scope of their own traditions. \u003cbr\u003eFrom English-language action vehicles like \u003ci\u003eValérian\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eCity of a Thousand Planets\u003c\/i\u003e (Besson, 2017) to revisionist historical films like \u003ci\u003eOf Gods and Men\u003c\/i\u003e (Beauvois, 2011) and crowd-pleasing comedies like \u003ci\u003eIntouchables\u003c\/i\u003e (Tolédano \u0026amp; Nakache, 2011), the variously filiated 'local blockbusters' from contemporary France brim with the seeds of cultural contradiction, but also with the energy of a forceful counter-history. \u003cbr\u003eCutting across a swath of recent French-produced cinema, \u003ci\u003eFrench Blockbusters\u003c\/i\u003e offers the first book-length consideration of the theoretical implications, historical impact and cultural consequences of a recent grouping of popular films that are rapidly changing what it means to make - or to see - a 'French' film today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlie Michael\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474424233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlie Michael is Assistant Professor of Film at Georgia Gwinnett College outside Atlanta. He is the author of French Blockbusters: Cultural Politics of a Transnational Cinema (EUP, 2019) and the co-editor of the Directory of World Cinema France (2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45125197922419,"sku":"9781474424233","price":207.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_4d9e5645-4b1d-435c-950c-6362446fa5f8.jpg?v=1782231890","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/french-blockbusters-cultural-politics-of-a-transnational-cinema-9781474424233","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}