DHUM 27A44 - Friends or Foes? France, the US and Cinema

This course provides an introduction to Franco-American relations through the lens of film history, from its beginnings in the 1890s to contemporary tensions between US platforms and French cultural institutions. Key dates and events will be analysed in order to understand their specificities, including the "Patent War" (1897-1907), the "Blum-Byrnes Agreements" (1946), the GATT (1947-1993) and the recent agreement (2022) between Netflix and the French cinema industry. The discussion will also encompass film genres and movements from both countries (film noir, French New Wave and US indies). The circulation of ideas and people across the Atlantic in different decades will also be considered in order to capture and understand the many ways in which cinema, in its broadest sense, illustrates the love-hate relationship between the two countries.

Brigitte ROLLET

Séminaire

English

DEVICE-FREE CLASS

Autumn 2025-2026

Oral presentation (individual or group): 25% Class Participation: 25% Research project: 20% In-class exam: 30%