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Cinema of Paradox: French Filmmaking Under the German Occupation Hardcover – October 15, 1985

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From 1940 to 1944 the French cinema thrived both economically and artistically under the Nazi occupation. Despite the harsh and grim conditions of defeat, the French film industry produced many good films and a few enduring classics, including Carne's Children of Paradise, one of the most beloved of all French films.

Cinema of Paradox reveals, for the first time in English, the difficult course of French filmmaking from the declaration of war in 1939 through four years of misery to France's liberation in 1944. Evelyn Ehrlich examines the conditions of filmmaking as they reflected the larger political, cultural, and social context within occupied France. And, using previously unexamined German documents, she also looks at the French film business from the occupier's perspective, showing how the Nazis actually encouraged the French to maintain their high cinematic standards to achieve German economic and propaganda goals. Cinema of Paradox goes beyond the old cliches about resistance films versus collaborationist films and in doing so is very much in line with new sophisticated methods of viewing the French experience in World War II.

The book is filled with the famous names of the French cinema: performers such as Jean-Louis Barrault, Simone Signoret, and Harry Baur; directors including Bresson, Carne, and Clouzot; and the films themselves, including Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne and Le Corbeau.

Based on interviews with French filmmakers of the period and on considerable research into French and German sources, Cinema of Paradox will be of interest not only to film historians but to those interested in the history of modern French and Jewish studies as well.
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    235 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Columbia University Press
  4. Publication date
    October 15, 1985
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0231059264
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0231059268
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Ms. Ehrlich sets Vichy filmmaking firmly in its contemporary context, making the reader understand the precise circumstances facing filmmakers at each successive stage of this rapidly developing period. She has a thorough and nuanced view of the Vichy regime which makes it possible for her to present those circumstances clearly and accurately.... Cinema of Paradox represents a fresh and original point of view. -- Robert O. Paxton

The best cinema scholarship is coming from unknown territories of film history. Evelyn Ehrlich's study of French films during the German occupation, based on her extraordinary probing research, is a revelation of a hitherto obscured chapter of art and politics. -- Jay Leyda

About the Author

Evelyn Ehrlich, a writer and editor, received her Ph.D. in Cinema Studies from New York University. She has taught at the University of Vermont, the City University of New York, and New York University.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Columbia University Press; First Ed. edition (October 15, 1985)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 235 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0231059264
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0231059268
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
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Evelyn Ehrlich, Ph.D. is President of EC Communications, a marketing strategy and consulting firm that has served banks, brokerages, insurance companies and other financial institutions since 1982.

Louis “Duke” Fanelli has more than thirty years experience in marketing and financial services. He is currently Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communication for the ANA (Association of National Advertisers), the leading association for client-side marketers. Ehrlich and Fanelli teach Financial Services Marketing at NYU.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful overview of film making in occupied France
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Cinema of Paradox: French Filmmaking Under the German Occupation by Evelyn Ehrlich is an interesting overview of film making during the German occupation of France in World War Two.

The book investigates the control on films by both the Germans and the Vichy Government, censorship, conditions of physical production, financing, expulsion of Jews, the retribution against collaborators upon liberation and other aspects. Also significant is how these factors affected the style of French film making until the "New Wave" in the 1960s. While numerous films are cited, to illustrate specific points, the book is by no means a film by film review.

The book is clearly written and organized. I especially appreciated the depth of analysis. For example the conceit that French film makers made allegorical films, indirectly attacking the Nazis, that sneaked by stupid German censors. The author shows that the Germans were well aware of possible interpretations of films but had other objectives in allowing them to pass.

The book is relatively short but represents a comprehensive overview. The subject matter could easily support a book twice as long by adding more examples or personal recollections. However I doubt that the added length would add materially to the analysis or insights contained in the existing volume.

I can highly recommend this informative book to those interested in films, French cinema, the German occupation of France, Vichy etc.
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