An amateur of quality: postwar French cinema and Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Silence de la mer
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The article examines the career of Jean-Pierre Melville as an amateur filmmaker in the post-Occupation French film industry and the significance of his debut feature production, "Le Silence de la mer".
Publication Name: Journal of Film and Video
Subject: Motion pictures
ISSN: 0742-4671
Year: 2007
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Riot in Girls Town: remaking, revising, and redressing the teenpic
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The article traces the growth of the teenpic, or the teen-film genre, of the 1950s. The focus is on the remake of the 1959 film "Girls Town" that satirizes and reverses certain genre conventions.
Publication Name: Journal of Film and Video
Subject: Motion pictures
ISSN: 0742-4671
Year: 2007
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Traversing cinematic borders: An interview with Paul Espinosa
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Well-known documentary and narrative filmmaker Paul Espinosa discusses his career as well as the political and cultural influences on his work.
Publication Name: Journal of Film and Video
Subject: Motion pictures
ISSN: 0742-4671
Year: 2007
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