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Two Books on Filmmaking Published in France

publication · 2026-04-24

The July-August 2016 issue of artpress (no. 435, p. 88) features a feuilleton on the making of a film. The issue also reviews two books on cinema: Dominique Villain's "Faire des films. Entretiens" (Presses Universitaires de Vincennes) and Frédéric Mercier's "Les Écrivains du 7e art" (Séguier). The feuilleton explores the production process of a film, while the books offer interviews with filmmakers and studies of screenwriters.

Key facts

  • artpress issue no. 435, July-August 2016
  • Page 88 features a feuilleton titled 'Le feuilleton. La fabrique d’un film'
  • Dominique Villain published 'Faire des films. Entretiens' with Presses Universitaires de Vincennes
  • Frédéric Mercier published 'Les Écrivains du 7e art' with Séguier
  • The feuilleton is about the making of a film
  • Villain's book contains interviews
  • Mercier's book focuses on writers of the seventh art (cinema)
  • Both books are reviewed in the same issue

Entities

Artists

  • Dominique Villain
  • Frédéric Mercier

Institutions

  • artpress
  • Presses Universitaires de Vincennes
  • Séguier

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