On July 14 the Vive la France! blogathon was announced. Set for Sunday, August 25, it will be hosted by this blog and Silver Screen Modes. The subject is broad and includes just about "everything" France/French-related. For example, French films, movies set in France, films or profiles of stars and directors and writers and cinematographers, etc., of the French cinema, as well as French actors, directors, etc., who would have major Hollywood (and/or international) careers, a few of whom, like Claudette Colbert, were born in France but raised in the U.S.
Other possible subjects could be different aspects of the history of French cinema: at the beginning and the Lumieres and Melies, the avant-garde filmmaking of the '20s, the classic era of the '30s, the German occupation and its impact on filmmaking/filmmakers, Cahiers du cinema and the "auteur theory," the era of the French New Wave/Nouvelle Vague...and so on. There are so many possibilities. See Silver Screen Modes' announcement post for more background on French cinema.To join in or if you have questions, contact [email protected] or [email protected]; you can also comment below. Banners to be used are scattered around this post.
Though we hosts of Vive la France! are members of the Classic Movie Blog Association and all members are welcome to participate, this blogathon is also open to classic film bloggers who are not CMBA members. As is often standard, we're restricting submissions to one entry per blog topic (a particular film or subject).As of this date, these are the participating blogs and subjects being covered:
- Caftan Woman: Cornered (1945)
- Cinematic Scribblings: Jean-Pierre Leaud
- Classic Film & TV Café: The Bride Wore Black (1968)
- Lady Eve’s Reel Life: The Soft Skin/La peau douce (1964)
- Make Mine Film Noir: Merci pour le chocolate (2000)
- Old Hollywood Films: All This and Heaven, Too (1940)
- A Person in the Dark: TBD
- Realweegiemidget Reviews: 5 French Films and Their American Remakes
- Silver Screen Modes: Pepe le Moko (1937)
- The Stop Button: Bondu Saved from Drowning (1932)
- Twenty Four Frames: Repulsion (1965)
