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French Films on DVD at Amazon.com
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French Movies poster catalog at AllPosters.com
French-Language Movie Posters catalog at AllPosters.com
Books on French Cinema
"The Golden Age of French Cinema, 1929-1939" [1983]
by John W. Martin
Virgin Books pb [10/87] out of print/used
Twayne Publrs hardcover [10/83] out of print/used
 | "The Great French Films" [1983] by James Reid Paris, Introduction by François Truffaut Citadel Press 11¼x8¼ pb [9/86] out of print/used Citadel Press 11¼x9 hardcover [8/83] out of print/used |
 | "French Cinema Since 1946, Volume 1" [1970] by Roy Armes
A.S. Barnes pb [1/76] out of print/used "French Cinema Since 1946, Volume 2: The Personal Style" [1970] A. Zwemmer pb [1/1966] out of print/used Oak Tree Publns pb [6/70] out of print/used |
 | "Panorama du Film Noir Américain, 1941-1953" [1955] by Raymond Borde & Etienne Chaumeton This is the book that coined the term 'film noir'. Flammarion French-language mass pb [1/93] imported/scarce Flammarion French-language mass pb [1/93] for €10,93 from Amazon France |
"Brutal Intimacy: Analyzing Contemporary French Cinema" [3/2011] by Tim Palmer
http://www.amazon.com/Brutal-Intimacy-Analyzing-Contemporary-Wesleyan/dp/0819568260/
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Cinémathèque Française [est. 1936]
official Cinémathèque Française website
Cinémathèque Française entry at Wikipedia
co-founder Henri Langlois [1914-77]
won Honorary Oscar Award in 1974, won Honorary César Award in 1977
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co-founder Georges Franju [1912-87]
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entry at Wikipedia
co-founder Jean Mitry [1907-88]
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entry at Wikipedia
archivist [1945-75] (and critic) Lotte H. Eisner [1896-1983]
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entry at Wikipedia
 | "Henri Langlois: Phantom of The Cinematheque" docufilm [France May 2004, USA Oct 2005] Produced, written & directed by Jacques Richard Kino Video widescreen color DVD [8/2006] for $21.99 full credits at IMDb |
 | "Henri Langlois: First Citizen of Cinema" [1995] by Glenn Myrent & Georges P. Langlois Twayne Publrs 9¼x6 pb [2/95] for $23.00 Twayne Publrs hardcover [2/95] out of print/used |
 | "A Passion For Films: Henri Langlois & The Cinémathèque Française" [1983] by Richard Roud; Foreword by François Truffaut Johns Hopkins Univ Press 8½x5½ pb [6/99] out of print/used Viking hardcover [7/83] out of print/many used |
"A Short History of Cahiers du Cinema" [10/2011] by Emilie Bickerton
http://www.amazon.com/Short-History-Cahiers-Cinema/dp/1844677605/
Movie Studios of France
Euro Media Television Groupe [est. 1983] in France
Riviera Studios [renamed 1999; est. 1919 as Studios de La Victorine] in Nice, France
Studios d'Arpajon [est. 1987], south of Paris, France
Studios de France, in the St. Denis District north of Paris, France
Société Française de Production [est. 1975] of France
Studios de Bry [est. 1987] at Bry-sur-Marne, just east of Paris, France
Studios de Boulogne [est. 1940], on west side of Paris, France
Studios de Saint-Ouen, in the St. Denis District north of Paris, France
Cité du Cinéma 
Due to open in 2012, in the St. Denis District north of Paris, France; a joint venture
of EuropaCorp, Euro Media Group, Quinta Communications, and Frontline
EuropaCorp [est. 2000]
film director Luc Besson. chairman
Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, CEO
company website: English version or version Française • Wikipedia
Roissy Films SAS [est. 1973, purchased 2008] division
Gaumont Film Company
Léon Gaumont [1864–1946]
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Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont [est. 1895]
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"Gaumont Treasures: 1897-1913" DVD Box Set [2009]
Kino Video b&w DVD set [9/2009] 85+ films on 3 disks for $79.95
  | DISK 1 contains 70+ silent short films produced and-or directed from 1897 to 1907 by Alice Guy-Blaché [1873-1968], including the 33-minute religious epic "La Vie du Christ" aka "The Birth, The Life and The Death of Christ" [1906], and performances by Félix Mayol with 'Phono-Cinema' synchronous sound
Magic Lantern's Alice Guy-Blaché [1873-1968] Page DISK 2 contains 13 silent short films written and-or directed from 1907 to 1913 by Louis Feuillade [1873-1925], plus the documentary "Louis Feuillade: Master of Many Forms" [2009]
DISK 3 contains two color-tinted silent features written & directed in 1912 & 1913 by Léonce Perret [1880-1935], including the 100-minute silent feature "L'Enfant de Paris (The Child of Paris)" [1913] and the 45-minute silent feature "The Mystery of The Rocks of Kador" [1912], plus the documentary "Léonce Perret: The Filmmaker's Filmmaker" [2009]
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Pathé Brothers
Charles Pathé [1863-1957]
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with Émile, Théophile & Jacques Pathé founded
Société Pathé Frères [est. 28 September 1896] of Paris, France
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"The Red Rooster Scare: Making Cinema American, 1900-1910" [1999] by Richard Abel During the era of the nickelodeon theater, the French company Pathé dominated film distribution in America & Europe. But then American filmmakers fought back ... Univ CA Press 8¾x6 pb [3/99] for $32.95 Univ CA Press 9¼x6 hardcover [3/99] for $55.00 |
StudioCanal [est. 1988]
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Isabelle Adjani
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composer Georges Auric [1899-1983]
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Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot Collection Box Set 6305839670
"Dear Brigitte" [1965] /tt0059094/
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Jean-Paul Belmondo [b. 1933]
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http://snofficiel.free.fr/
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Juliette Binoche
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Capucine
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![won shared Best Live Action Short Subject Oscar for "Heureux Anniversaire" [1962]](images/oscar_sm.gif) | writer Jean-Claude Carrière
worked often with Luis Buñuel, and has worked with Peter Brook, Miloš Forman, Philip Kaufman, Nagisa Oshima, Volker Schlöndorff, Andrzej Wajda & Wayne Wang IMDb listing • Wikipedia |
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actor Vincent Cassel
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"Mesrine" [France 2008, USA Oct 2010] 
 | The legendary French gangster Jacques Mesrine [1936-79] lived an epic life, generating romanticism, cruelty, flamboyance & tragedy.
Co-written & directed by Jean-François Richet; co-written by Abdel Raouf Dafri, adapted from Mesrine's memoir; starring Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier, Michel Duch-aussoy & Myriam Boyer; the combined films won three César Awards (Best Actor, Best Director, Best Sound) along with 7 other noms
official movies site • movies entry at Wikipedia "Mesrine: Killer Instinct" [France Oct 2008, USA Aug 2010] also starring Cécile De France, Gérard Depardieu, Gilles Lellouche, Roy Dupuis & Elena Anaya Region 1 DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb "Mesrine: Public Enemy #1" [France Nov 2008, USA Sept 2010] also starring Mathieu Amalric, Gérard Lanvin, Samuel Le Bihan, Olivier Gourmet & Anne Consigny Region 1 DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb |
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actress-model Laetitia Casta
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actor-director Pierre Clémenti [1942-99]
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Marion Cotillard
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Hélène de Fougerolles
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French-language Hélène de Fougerolles fansite
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Louis de Funes
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Alain Delon [b. 1935]
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Catherine Deneuve
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Charles Denner [1926-95]
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Gerard Depardieu
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Fernandel [1903-71]
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Pierre Fresnay
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Jean Gabin [1904-76]
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Musée Jean Gabin in Mériel, France
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composer Arthur Honegger [1892-1955]
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Valérie Kaprisky
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Jean-Pierre Léaud
 | "Deux de la Vague (Two In The Wave)" [Lorber Films France 2009, USA May 2010] Godard & Truffaut were friends during the creation of the French New Wave {Nouvelle Vague} cinema of the 1950s and 1960s – after the success of "the 400 Blows", Truffaut gave Godard the script for "Breathless". But they split over France's political changes in 1968; actor Léaud had worked for them both, and was torn between them, much like a child with divorced parents. 91-minute documentary produced & directed by Emmanuel Laurent; written & narrated by Antoine De Baecque; featuring directors Jean-Luc Godard & François Truffaut, and actor Jean-Pierre Léaud DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb |
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silent-era comedian
Max Linder [1883-1925; France] Page
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Yves Montand [1921-91]
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Jeanne Moreau [b. 1928]
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Philippe Noiret [1930-2006]
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Micheline Presle
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Raimu
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Dominique Sanda
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Simone Signoret [1921-85]
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actress Audrey Tautou
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video from May 2011 Chanel No. 5 ad campaign on YouTube
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actress Clémence Thioly
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Jean-Louis Trintignant
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Lino Ventura [1919-87]
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French Cinema Links
French movie poster catalog at AllPosters [dot] com
Foreign Films [dot] com - Best French Films on DVD
Complete Index To World Film
European Film Academy [est. 1988]
European Film Festivals Coordination
Festival du Cinema de Paris [short films; January]
Noir Films of France at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
Yahoo! France Cinéma
'Films de France' fansite
http://www.filmvar.com/
http://www.ccinice-cote-azur.com/commissiondufilmcoteazur
http://www.kevinmalinproductions.com/filmfrancais.html
http://www.bdfci.info/
My French Film Festival [Jan 2012 = #2] online {for fee}
The American Pavilion [est. 1989] at the Cannes Festival
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