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1 French Cinema Past and present 2 3 Outline ? Introduction ? Part I. The birth of cinema ? Part II. The classics ? Part III. The 7 th art in the 21 th century ? Conclusion ? References 4 5 Introduction ? Until World War I, European filmmakers dominated the world film market. France was considered the leading film-producing country ? U.S. companies soon took over markets overseas, using the same tactics of high-volume production and lower prices that the Europeans had. By the 1920s some three-quarters of films screened around the world came from the United States ? France, though no longer dominant, remained a center for theorizing about cinema and producing innovative and experimental works ? New artistic movements like surrealism, poetic realism and nouvelle vague (new wave), brought new concepts to filmmaking and revitalized the role of France as a leader in world cinema culture 6 7 Part I. The birth of cinema ? In terms of commercial filmmaking, Frances film industry, the worlds strongest before World War I, occupied a struggling role after the war ? No other country had a so firm commitment to the medium as an art form or so rich a culture of journals and clubs devoted to criticizing and viewing innovative film work ? By 1895, Auguste and Louis Lumiè re developed a lightweight, hand-held camera that used a claw mechanism to advance the film roll. They named it the Ciné matographe ? Their first screening for the general public was held in Paris in December 1895; Lumiè re , innovative filmmakers as well as inventors and manufacturers 8 Part II. The classics ? Georges Melies (1861-1938), professional magician, first saw the new moving pictures in 1895; Melies made over 500 films, but his most famous -- Voyage dans la lune, Le (1902) (Voyage to the Moon); father of special effects in the movies 9 a. The directors