French Cinema.

So, I think it woul be logical to start from overview of french cinema, coz the birth place of cinemtography is France. During the next few years after the invention of the cinema the filmmakers from all over the world start doing experiments with this new medium. Most influencial was french filmmaker Georges Méliès who is now famous for eading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest cinema. He also filmed the first science fiction film A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune, 1902). Other individuals and organizations of this period included Gaumont Picturesfilm production (company founded in 1895 by the engineer-turned-inventor, Léon Gaumont (1864-1946); the oldest running film company in the world) and Pathé Frères (Founded in Paris,  on September 28, 1896 by brothers Charles, Émile, Théophile and Jacques Pathé, during the first part of the 20th century, Pathé became the largest film equipment and production company in the world as well as a major producer of phonograph records).  Another important name in the history of French cinema is Jacques Feyder, who became one of the founders of poetic realism in French cinema during the period between World War I and World War II. He also dominated French Impressionist Cinema, along with Abel Gance, Germaine Dulac and Jean Epstein. After World War II the film production in France decreased, because of the lack of capital; it was recovering during several years. Although most academic discussion of French cinema has concentrated on individual filmmakers or movements, the most popular genres in French filmmaking in the postwar period have been comedies, thrillers  and pornography (France enjoyed a pornography boom in the 1970s). At points in European history, for political or financial reasons, many European filmmakers crossed the Atlantic to work in the United States. In France, for example, such eminent directors as Julien Duvivier, , Jean Renoir and Louis Malle have all made films in the United States. This phenonenon is not confined to the past as many contemporary French filmmakers like Luc Besson (“Leon”, “The Fifth Element”, “Taxi”) and Carot (@Alien Ressurrection”) have made films in America in the late 1990s. The modern french cinema is very different from other cinema, it is refined in which psychology and drama of the plot goes together with special piquancy and beauty of the shoot. The style is defined by modern filmmakers Luc Besson, Jean-Pierre Jeunet,  Francois Ozon. Popular brilliant french actors are: Jean Reno, Audrey Tautou, Sophie Marceau, Christian Clavier, Gerard Depardieu, Mathieu Kassovitz. The government of France actively participate in development and export of national cinematography. So, thanks to France that complimented us with this brilliant people, who produce really special, fabulous films.

information from: filmsdefrance.com

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