European Cinema

JILL FORBES is Professor of French at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. She is an international authority on French cinema and author of many publications in the field including The Cinema in France: After the New Wave (Macmillan, 1992), French Cultural Studies (Oxford University Press, 1995, with Michael Kelly) and Les Enfants du Paradis (BFI, 1997).SARAH STREET is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of Bristol. A distinguished authority on British cinema, her publications include Cinema and State (co-authored with Margaret Dickinson, 1985) and British National Cinema (Routledge, 1997).

'The publication of European Cinema: An Introduction comes as a shower of rain in the desert...The editors Jill Forbes and Sarah Street and their contributors have written a text that helps to fill a yawning gap and offers an accessible, well-written and stimulating account for a wide range of readers.' - Steve Brewer, European Journal of Communication

• IntroductionPART ONEEuropean Cinema: Economics and PoliticsEuropean Cinema: Ideology, Aesthetics and StyleReferences and Suggestions for Further ReadingPART TWO: CASE STUDIESBronenosets Potemkin/Potyomkin (The Battleship Potemkin); B.BeumersThe Lodger; S.StreetLa Règle du jeu; J.ForbesOssessione; D.DuncanViridiana; A.McDermottAlice in den Städten (Alice in the Cities); S.TabernerCarmen; A.McDermottGood Morning Babilonia; D.DuncanDas Versprechen (The Promise); S.TabernerLa Haine; J.ForbesTrainspotting; S.StreetSibirskii tsiriul'nik (The Barber of Siberia); B.BeumersNotes on ContributorsIndex.