{"product_id":"cinema-of-paradox-9780231059268","title":"Cinema of Paradox","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 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 \u003ci\u003eChildren of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most beloved of all French films.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCinema of Paradox\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eCinema of Paradox\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eLes Dames du Bois de Boulogne\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLe Corbeau\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on interviews with French filmmakers of the period and on considerable research into French and German sources, \u003ci\u003eCinema of Paradox\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest not only to film historians but to those interested in the history of modern French and Jewish studies as well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Evelyn Ehrlich","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42980608606326,"sku":"9780231059268","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/cinema-of-paradox-9780231059268","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}