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French Cinema Past and present Outline Introduction Part I. The birth of cinema Part II. The classics Part III. The 7th art in the 21th century Conclusion References 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 Part I. The birth of cinema In terms of commercial filmmaking, France’s film industry, the world’s 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 Lumière developed a lightweight, hand-held camera that used a claw mechanism to advance the film roll. They named it the Cinématographe Their first screening for the general public was held in Paris in December 1895; Lumière, innovative filmmakers as well as inventors and manufacturers 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 a. The directors Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963), French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, and filmmaker. La belle et la bête (Beauty and the Beast, 1946), Orphée (1950), and Les enfants terribles (1950) Malle, Louis (1932