Description: French Animation History is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of animation, illuminating the exceptional place France holds within that history.
- Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2011
- The first book dedicated exclusively to this history
- Explores how French animators have forged their own visual styles, narrative modes, and technological innovations to construct a distinct national style, while avoiding the clichés and conventions of Hollywood's commercial cartoons
- Includes more than 80 color and black and white images from the most influential films, from early silent animation to the recent internationally renowned Persepolis
- Essential reading for anyone interested in the study of French film
Review Quotes:
"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...Scholars of French film and cultural studies are encouraged to have Neupert's book added to their university library collection." (H-France Review Vol. 1, 1 February 2013)
"The book jacket proclaims this the first history of French animation; it is also rich, comprehensive, and absorbing. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals." (Choice, 1 December 2011)