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French Cinema in the 1980s

French Cinema in the 1980s Nostalgia and the Crisis of Masculinity

Phil Powrie, Professor of French Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Research Into Film Phil Powrie — 1997
French cultural expert Phil Powrie claims that although French film in the 1980s lacked New Wave invention, gritty police thrillers and nostalgic costume dramas brought French cinema to a wider audience. This landmark study of French film offers a set of critical essays on the crisis of masculinity in contemporary French culture and its interrelationship with nostalgia, in the wake of 1970's feminism. 16 photos.
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