25 Great French Films: Ebert's Essentials

Like a full-bodied Bordeaux wine, Roger Ebert's e-book original 25 Great French Films will reward you with a rich variety of full-length reviews of cinematic experiences. From such classics as Belle de Jour,Day for Night, and The 400 Blows to the sweeping drama (and beautiful scenery!) of Jean de Florette and its sequel Manon of the Spring, this e-book provides a perfect primer for those new to French films and a welcome refresher course for true Francophiles.

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109 printed pages

Original publication: 2012
Publication year: 2012
Publishers: Andrews McMeel Publishing, Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC

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Fer Silvahas quoted5 years ago
I demand that a film express either the joy of making cinema or the agony of making cinema. I am not at all interested in anything in between.

—François Truffaut
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Fer Silvahas quoted5 years ago
and what is most revolutionary about the movie is its headlong pacing, its cool detachment, its dismissal of authority, and the way its narcissistic young heroes are obsessed with themselves and oblivious to the larger society.
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Алиса Остапенкоhas quoted7 years ago
We expect that the mystery of the videos will be solved, explained, and make sense. But perhaps not.
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