Jean Grémillon and the four Elements intend, if not rehabilitate, at least to pay a renewed tribute to one of the major filmmakers of the twentieth century French school, a creator who occupies a special place, paradoxical: even if it is not quite forgotten, the work of this man nourished by musical art remains today strangely back, probably ...
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Yann Calvet, Phlippe Roger
Circus and cinema have often been thought together for a long time, but in terms of themes and incorporation: it is the cinema which seizes the circus to appropriate its universe, its characters, its stories, and vice versa. But the fruitfulness of the links that unite the two practices can not be limited to a one way ticket. Circus and cinema...
Intermédialité et circulation des formes circassiennes
Sébastien Denis, Jérémy Houillère
The works of directors such as Hou Hsiao-hsien, Tsai Ming-liang, Ang Lee, Edward Yang have already secured their place in the history of film. But beyond them, what do we know about Taiwan cinema?
Son histoire, ses réalisateurs et leurs films
Matthieu Kolatte
Anthony Mann. Arpenter l'image " is the first book in French which offers an analysis of the major films of one of the most important classic Hollywood directors, Anthony Mann (1906-1967).
Natacha Pfeiffer, Laurent Van Eynde
From the cinematographic work of Spanish film Carlos Saura, this book focuses on the multiple narrative and aesthetic functions of vocal music in fictional films.
Paroles et musique au cinéma
Marianne Bloch-Robin
In countries with an enormous film supply coming essentially from other continents, but with its own (albeit irregular and sometimes non-existent) film production, what have been the dominant modes of production? What has been the impact of the digital revolution on the modes of production? What are the economic, industrial and social issues raised
Afriques et Moyen Orient
Claude Forest
From the stage to the cinema, from television to augmented and virtual realities, from circus performances to aquatic shows, the magician's practice has not ceased to be renewed and metamorphosed.
Frank Kessler, Jean-Marc Larrue
André Engel, French atypical stage director, has been working since 1972 for theater and opera. As he met the theater's création by chance, he first maked his shows " hors les murs" (riding center, factory, shed) with the same artistique team, the drama advisors Bernard Pautrat then Dominique Muller, decorator Nicky Rieti and lighting designer ...
Véronique Perruchon
Can film renew our relation to the visual arts? Does film offer a specific type of critical discourse on works of art, art history or esthetics ? Within the domain of « films on art » which have recently gained in visibility, the goal of this volume is to delimit the zone of exchanges between the cinema and the study of the visual arts.
Les arts plastiques
Sylvain Dreyer, Dominique Vaugeois
The stereoscopic illusion is, most of the time, associated with digital images. Such approach occludes its history: indeed, the stereoscopic illusion is the result of a century of research, that aim at wondering people by manipulating their senses thanks to the impression of « relief » stereoscopic images give them.
Archéologie et pratiques contemporaines : photographie, cinéma, arts numériques
Miguel Almiron, Esther Jacopin
Russian, European and American specialists contributed to this volume on contemporary Russian cinema of the 1990's and the 21st century. It explores the favourite themes, the aesthetic innovations of this cinematography, as well as it's relationship with it’s audiences and the State.
Eugénie Zvonkine
While cinemas have been closing across the African continent, film production has boomed and access to film has considerably increased for urban dwellers. How do people watch films today? Which films do they watch? Does this still count as cinema? The essays in this volume explore spectatorship in Africa.
Claude Forest, Patricia Caillé
The Flemish choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker was always taken away from the idea according to which, in contemporary dance, music and choreography were independent.
Danse et musique chez Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Philippe Guisgand
L'intérêt de la recherche académique pour la danse n’est pas nouveau car dès la Renaissance, on recensait des écrits en langue allemande sur la danse mais force est de constater qu’il s’est accru ces dernières années. Cet engouement académique récent se manifeste à travers les colloques et les journées d’études. Cet intérêt du monde...
La danse dans l'espace germanique
Guillaume Robin, Jean-Louis Georget
Throughout history, French theatre showed great confidence in its supremacy over foreign theatres - whether ancient or contemporary. Such a certainty was reinforced by the success of Parisian plays all over Europe.
Marianne Bouchardon, Ariane Ferry
Ce dossier porte un regard à la fois rétrospectif et introspectif sur les milieux alternatifs et les expérimentations artistiques qui ont émergé en RDA, particulièrement durant les années 1980. À travers des témoignages et des analyses d'œuvres ou de trajectoires d'artistes, sont envisagés la grande variété de formes produites mais aussi les...
Les artistes alternatifs de la RDA des années 1980
Marianne Beauviche, Jean Mortier
A major fact since the end of the 20th century has been the increasing participation of internationalisation in the financing of film and audiovisual productions. Certain States strongly encourage their production, particularly tax wise, thus modifying the scope of international alliances and both quantitative and qualitative levels of films and...
A Broad narrative of Polish cinema from its origins to the present day, "Histoire du cinéma polonais" follows a traditional chronological pattern in its account of Polish historico-cinematography, from the first screenings put together in theatres on the Polish territory in 1896 up till the movies realized in 2013...
Tadeusz Lubelski
Isabelle Jannès-Kalinowski
