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Encore Hollywood: Remaking French Cinema.(Review)

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| September 22, 2001 | Bromley, Carl | COPYRIGHT 2001 Cineaste Publishers, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

by Lucy Mazdon. London: British Film Institute, 2000; distributed by Indiana University Press. 169 pp., illus. Hardcover: $59.95 and Paperback: $19.95.

The purchase of Universal Pictures by the French media giant Vivendi inspired a veritable bonfire of cliches in the U.S. media. All the old myths about French politics, culture, and society were dusted off, given one last polish. An editorial from Business Week: "It's not easy to render into colloquial French the phrase 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.' But that's just what budding French media tycoon Jean-Marie Messier is aiming to do with his planned $3-billion takeover of Seagram Co. For years, the ...

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