Histoire du Cinéma International

Twelve years ago, Amores Perros erupted in the cinemas across the world and announced the arrival of Mexican film-makers. The film-makers profiled in that book have now come of age and have made a decisive impact on the international cinema scene.

Over the past year the success of British films at international film festivals – as well as the numerous awards bestowed on 12 Years a Slave – have demonstrated that British cinema has undergone a genuine renaissance that has caused new voices to emerge. At the same time, directors whose work have enthralled over the past five years have also continued to develop and expand their visions.

Today, India is the world's leading film producer, with more than 1,500 films a year in around twenty languages exported throughout Asia, the Middle East and Africa. The international success of Bollywood must not conceal the diversity of Indian cinematography. The term "Bollywood" was created in 1970 from the contraction of Bombay and Hollywood, and refers to the predominant production of musicals in Hindi, but Indian cinema is vast and multicultural. Every region has its own production in its regional language: Kollywood in Kodambakkam, for Tamil cinema a mix of comedy, action and emotion—, or Bengali cinema which is more intellectual and social, as reflected in Satyajit Ray's culturally significant oeuvre the opposite of commercial productions.

La 1ère édition de 'Cent ans de publicités de films et d'affiches de films en Iran' comprenait des affiches de films de 1909 à 2011, laborieusement rassemblées par le critique de cinéma et journaliste Massoud Mehrabi. Celui-ci est la 2e édition de ce livre, comprenant également des affiches des trois dernières années. De la toute première publicité pour un film au dernier film, Rastakhiz, sorti en 2011.

The author shows the urge of looking back to measure the past and make judgments about the present.

Directed by the remarkable Akira Kurosawa (1910–1998), ‘Rashomon’ was the first Japanese film to receive significant international attention. It was released in 1950 and won several awards, including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1951, while its visionary artistic ambitions became a symbol of Japan’s post-war reconstruction. Now, on the occasion of its 70th anniversary, this volume presents an in-depth look at what the film’s notable production staff accomplished. Filled with original storyboards, screenwriting fragments, production photographs, scripts, posters, and other ephemera, it is a fascinating tribute to one of the greatest, most impactful films ever made.

 The Masterworks In Posters From The Collection Of Toshifumi Makita

Cette publication fait suite à une exposition antérieure commémorant l'héritage du réalisateur et scénariste japonais Akira Kurosawa (1910–1998), organisée à l'occasion de l'ouverture de la National Film Archive of Japan. Avec le succès de 'Rashomon', Kurosawa a ouvert le monde du cinéma japonais aux marchés occidentaux, et il a depuis influencé d'innombrables réalisateurs. L'exposition présentait un éventail impressionnant de 84 affiches de ses films provenant de 30 pays. Les affiches, preuves de la large diffusion, de l'immense popularité et de la haute qualité artistique du travail du réalisateur, ont toutes été sélectionnées dans la collection du chercheur et expert de Kurosawa, Toshifumi Makita.