Cannes

Inside the World's Premier Film Festival

Chris Darke, Kieron Corless

$39.99

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Faber & Faber
01 May 2007

Film, TV & Radio; Films, movies & cinema; Pageants, parades, festivals; Social & cultural history

Virtually every year since its inception in 1946, the Cannes Film Festival has served both to represent and to contribute to changes underway in the world of cinema. It embraces the high-brow and the high-glam - new cinema from Iran or China, red carpet parades from Madonna or Nicole Kidman. Who is not familiar with Cannes' iconic paraphernalia of paparazzi scrums, beachfront happenings and world premieres? Cannes makes or breaks reputations, and is properly seen as a pageant of glamour and power, one that renews itself annually. But the history of Cannes is also a prism which, when looked through over time, gives onto a history of world cinema since WWII - not just the emergence of major directors and national cinemas, but a series of scandals and controversies that reveal Cannes as an artistic playground where the great nations of the world have gathered and clashed. For more than purely aesthetic reasons did the Festival give 'Fahrenheit 9/11' its grand prize in 2004. The history of Cannes is littered with key moments, flashpoints, that changed the world of film. CANNES will not be exhaustive or blow-by-blow but will move nimbly and lucidly over the most striking of these flashpoints, recounting the best and most revelatory tales that show the interrelation of Cannes, world cinema, and the wider world. It will be organised thematically rather than chronologically, and the substance of each story will be teased out and unpacked via accompanying analysis and newly-sourced, first-hand accounts from key players.

By: Chris Darke, Kieron Corless
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 204mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 345g
ISBN: 9780571230464
ISBN 10: 0571230466
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 May 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kieron Corless currently writes for Time Out London and the film magazine Vertigo. He has also written extensively about film and TV for Sight and Sound and the Independent. Chris Darke is a film critic whose work is published internationally, in Film Comment, Sight and Sound, the Independent, and Cahiers du cinema.