French cinema: economy, policy and place in the making of a cultural-products industry

Article Abstract:

The French film industry is characterized by a dynamic network involving a functionally disintegrated production system, an activist regulatory environment, and Paris as a specific locale. Topics discussed include the business organization of the French film industry, industry trends, distribution, markets, a two-tier production system, social regulation of the industry, location, local labor markets, the cultural logic of the industry, and the metropolitan context of Paris.

Statistical Data Included, Motion picture industry, Movie industry

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The cybernetic matrix of 'French Theory'

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The influence of cybernetics in addition to structuralism, post-structuralism and modern philosophy on the development of French thinking post World War II is described. The entry of cybernetics oversimplifies the past authors and it highlights a difficult intellectual filiation that is bad for intellectual endeavor.

United States, Influence, Cybernetics, French literature, Poststructuralism, Structuralism

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'So far so good...': 'La Haine' and the poetics of the everyday

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The French film 'La Haine' is discussed in relation to aesthetic strategies and cultural politics. Topics include ghetto aesthetics, the use of music in the film, and racialized representations.

Social aspects, Youth, Race relations, Movies, Violence in motion pictures, Movie violence, La Haine (Motion picture), Race relations in motion pictures, Motion pictures and youth

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