Vol. 20 ˇ No. 1 ˇ Spring 2002 ˇ pp. 152-156 (5)
Film Review

Sylvie Waskiewicz

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Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (2001).
Review by Sylvie Waskiewicz, New York University

Abstract
For years the French film industry has fought to remain healthy in the face of overwhelming competition from American films. France has maintained its position of relative strength through a complex system of legal, political, and economic support: defending artistic creativity via the droit d'auteur, participating actively in international trade negotiations, and, perhaps most important, generously subsidizing the production, distribution, and exhibition of French films. This achievement is also made possible by those filmmakers able to produce the occasional "blockbuster": films able to compete with Hollywood on its own terms.