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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List Of Illustrations; Notes On Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 On The Origins Of The Banlieue Film, 1930-80; 2 Lumière, Méliès, Pathé And Gaumont: French Filmmaking In The Suburbs, 1896-1920; 3 Roads, Rivers, Canals: Spaces Of Freedom From Epstein To Vigo; 4 The Banlieue In French Cinema Of The 1930s; 5 Julien Duvivier And Inter-war 'banlieutopia'; 6 Margins And Thresholds Of French Cinema: Ménilmontant, Le Sang Des Bêtes, Colloque De Chiens; 7 Georges Franju And The Grotesque Genius Of The Banlieue; 8 Tati, Suburbia And Modernity. 9 A Crucible Of Emotions: Maurice Pialat's L'amour Existe10 Godard's Suburban Years; 11 The Banlieue Wore Black: Post-war French Polar, From Becker To Corneau; 12 Erasing The Suburbs: The Grands Ensembles In Documentary Film And Television, 1950-80; 13 Elusive Happiness: Screening France's New Towns After 1968; 14 Towers Of Evil: Jean-claude Brisseau; 15 What's Left Of The 'red Suburb'? Hervé Le Roux's Reprise As Case Study; Index; Plates. Edited By Philippe Met, Derek Schilling. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web. In English.