Film history/France

France was as influential in the development of film as a mass medium and as an art form as any nation.

Early personalities:

• [Lumiere Brothers]?
• George Melies

Post WWII period.

At the [Cahiers du cinema]?, critics and lovers of film would discuss film and why it worked. Modern film theory was born there. Additionally, many of the theorticians went on to make films themselves.

Personalities from 1950-1960 period:

• [Andre Bazin]?
• Francois Truffaut
• [Jean-Luc Godard]?
• [Jacques Tati]?

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