Dear Colleague
This message is to alert you to two major projects which the
association Studies in French Cinema would like to develop, and in
which you might like to participate. Both of these projects will
eventually lead to collections of essays which will inaugurate a new
series of anthologies entitled 'Studies in French Cinema'. At present
there is no intention to publish the series with a single publisher;
we may publish with several different publishers, depending on the
individual volumes, but the series itself would be a distinctive
contribution to French cinema studies.
LUC BESSON
We wish to put together an anthology of essays on Luc Besson. The
likely participants and topics so far are:
Susan Hayward (UK): Jeanne d'Arc
Rosanna Maule (US): Post-American Besson
Phil Powrie (UK): Costume in Besson
Hilary Ann Radner (US): globalisation, women and the feminine
We are actively soliciting proposals for inclusion in this anthology,
in particular chapters on individual films, on the 'making of'
volumes, and other thematic topics on the lines of Maule, Powrie and
Radner above.
DEADLINE FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS: 30 September, with a view to writing
up by June 2002 and publication Autumn 2002. Please submit proposals
of 200-300 words by email to Phil Powrie.
FRENCH CINEMA IN THE 1970S
We wish to put together a conference on French cinema in the 1970s,
which we feel is an under-represented area of scholarly study. The
date for the conference has not yet been fixed, but would probably be
in the Autumn of 2002 in London. A number of UK colleagues are likely
to propose papers (Jill Forbes, Susan Hayward, Phil Powrie, Keith
Reader, Alison Smith, Ginette Vincendeau, Mike Witt).
The brief for the conference is intentionally wide: it can be auteurs
(e.g. Allio, Blier, Eustache, Garrel, Pialat), genres (comedy, polar,
political thrillers [e.g. Costa-Gavras], political cinema [e.g.
Godard], retro cinema), stars (e.g. Baye, Miou-Miou, Piccoli,
Serrault), cinema press (Cahiers/Cinethique), issues (e.g.
pornography), or indeed single films (I am for example thinking of
writing on La Grande Bouffe). Out of this conference we will fashion a
major volume on French Cinema in the 1970s, whose over-arching claim
will be that the 1970s was a key transitional moment at many levels,
dealing with the fallout from 1968 and preparing/heralding the major
changes of the 1980s.
DEADLINE FOR CONFERENCE PAPER PROPOSALS: 1 November 2001. Please
submit proposals of 200-300 words by email to Phil Powrie.
Please pass the message on to anyone who you feel may be interested.
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