1936: - LE CRIME DE MONSIEUR LANGE

CONTEXT:

PROPAGANDALE FRONT POPULAIRE

(CONGEE PAYE, LA SEMAINE DE 40H, LE SALAIRE MIEUX, DEBUT DE TOURISME)M. BATALA AS THE SYMBOL OF OLD FRENCH CAPITALISM; WOMANISER, OPPORTUNISTCAPITALISM VS SOCIALISM/ COMMUNISMLANGE REPRESENTS FRANCE AT THE TIME; ITS UNCERTAINTY OF WHAT IT WANTEDINTERPENETRATION OF PERSONAL/PRIVATE LIFE IN FRANCE (LIVE AND WORK IN THE SAME PLACE)WOMENS ROLE - IT IS A FILM NARRATED BY A WOMAN TO A GROUP OF SPECTATORS WHO JUDGE M. LANGE.CHALLENGES STATUS QUO IN MANY WAYS (presence of strong women - Clementine)LE GROUPE OCTOBRE - 1932 (ORIGINS IN SURREALISM, MANIFESTED THROUGH CINEMA+THEATRE AGAINST BOURGEOISE) (PREVERT)POPULAR CULTURE IS AT THE CENTRE OF THE FILM: 'ARIZONA JIM'

RENOIR (PREVERT):

SON OF AUGUSTE RENOIR - PAINTERHE WAS A SOLDIERBECAME POLITICISED IN GERMANYHE WENT TO U.S.A TO CONTINUE HIS CAREER AFTER THE WAR