A la rencontre du cinema francais: analyse, genre, histoireis intended to serve as the core textbook in a wide variety of upper-level undergraduate and graduate French cinema courses. In contrast to content-, theme-, or issue-based approaches to film, Professor Berg stresses "the cinemashy;ticshy;ally specific, the warp and fabric ofthe film itself,the stuff of which it is made." Sufficient proficiency in French is the sole prerequisite: "No previous backshy;ground in film studies is assumed, nor is any prior acquainshy;tance with French cinema. It will help, of course, to like movies, and to have seen quite a few..." (from the preface).