Montmartre, décor de cinéma

From the beginning of the history of cinema to the present day, from Lubitsch to Jeunet, Montmartre has always been a favoured setting for films by French  and foreign directors alike. Montmartre, with its charm and history, embodies the very image of Paris, and has become an actor in its own right in films.'Montmartre: A Film Set' evokes the various preferred locations for these films in Montmartre (the Moulin Rouge, Place Pigalle, Barbès, Sacré-Coeur, and so  on), its atypical scenes (the stairways, lanes, small houses, and lamp posts), and its residents (the artistes, dancers, ordinary people, cops, thugs, and  prostitutes). The Paris of parties and pleasure, as well as that of crime and perdition, often represented by the districts of La Chapelle, Pigalle, and La Goutte d'Or, has been integral to the celebration of art and poetry on the Butte Montmartre.

CONTENTS

Victor Perrot: The Other 'Mr Cinema'
The Emergence of Cinemas in Montmartre
Between 1946 and 1993, these buildings were cinemas

FRENCH CANCAN JEAN RENOIR
Studio 28 'The theatre of masterpieces, the masterpiece of theatres'
Does the Real Montmartre Feature in Films?
Montmartre's Scenery as a Character and Actor in its own Right: From Muse to Star

MARCEL CARNÉ
Around Montmartre: Atmospheric Drawings Executed for the Cinema. The Collection of Drawings in the Cinémathèque Française
The Scenery and Atmosphere of Montmartre From Marcel Carné to François Truffaut

FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT
A Selection of Film Posters
Allen, Luhrmann, Klapisch, Gondry, and Jeunet: Montmartre at the Heart of Contemporary Cinema
Carné, Prévert, and Trauner: A Fabulous Story

AMÉLIE POULAIN JEAN-PIERRE JEUNET

ANNEXES
List of films according to shooting location
Visitor's map of the old village of Montmartre