“Neupert expertly integrates the lives and exploits of the animators with the plots of films they produced and with the trends and issues in the profession…Summing Up: Highly recommended.” – Choice
“French Animation History is a richly informed and highly readable scholarly book that will appeal both to specialists in the field and to the curious interested in this popular, and often neglected, dimension of French filmmaking.” – H-France Review
“French Animation History helps the reader discover a coherent but diverse world, starting in the nineteenth century, a chain of independent craftsmen and artists, leading to an active twenty-first century, and pushing us – from any country – towards more perseverance, creativity, humanity, freedom, passion.” – Michel Ocelot
“Neupert expertly integrates the lives and exploits of the animators with the plots of films they produced and with the trends and issues in the profession.” – Choice
From the Inside Flap
Now in paper, French Animation History is the first book to chronicle the 100-year history of animation in France. Charting this vital and singular chapter in the history of cinema, the volume examines France’s artistic and technical traditions; how French animators have forged their unique visual styles, narrative modes, and technological innovations to construct a distinct national style; how France has catapulted itself to the third-largest producer of animation in the world. Including more than 80 color and black and white images from some of the most influential animated films of all time, French Animation History illuminates the exceptional place France holds within the history of world cinema.
From the Back Cover
Now in paper, French Animation History is the first book to chronicle the 100-year history of animation in France. Charting this vital and singular chapter in the history of cinema, the volume examines France’s artistic and technical traditions; how French animators have forged their unique visual styles, narrative modes, and technological innovations to construct a distinct national style; how France has catapulted itself to the third-largest producer of animation in the world. Including more than 80 color and black and white images from some of the most influential animated films of all time, French Animation History illuminates the exceptional place France holds within the history of world cinema.
About the Author
Richard Neupert is the Wheatley Professor of the Arts and a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor in Film Studies at the University of Georgia.
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