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L Atalante: Dominant Theatrical Model Of French Cinema

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Considering that most of the French cinema had a dominant theatrical model due to its attribution to the powerful pact between actor and audience, “theater was a crutch that enabled sound cinema to hobble and then walk upright in France,” (Andrew pg. 104). A film that embellishes poetic realism is L’Atalante by Jean Vigo. “Père Jules… keeps relics from around the world in his Cabin,” he ‘enlivens’ the married couples life (Ezra pg. 109). In 1934 L’Atalante was one of four films that were sent to the Venice film festival. “French cinema of the 1930s has been called a theatrical display of nothing other than itself,” (Andrew pg. 107). Next, we see that between 1922-1943 the Italian commercial cinema had few foreign markets open to its products …show more content…

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