First Encounters: French Literature and the Cinematograph Author(s): Roland-François Lack Source: Film History, Vol. 20, No. 2, Moving Picture Fiction (2008), pp. 133-143 Published by: Indiana University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25165468 . Accessed: 08/08/2013 06:16 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Indiana University Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Film History. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 86.186.242.240 on Thu, 8 Aug 2013 06:16:48 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Film History, Volume 20, pp. 133-143,2008. Copyright ? John Libbey Publishing ISSN: 0892-2160. Printed inUnited States of America First encounters: French literature and the cinematograph Roland-Fran?ois Lack / c/e/y my contemporaries to give the date of Colette, who wrote film criticism and film scripts but, their first encounter with the cinema beyond describing a character's face in 1903 as (Jean-Paul Sartre) having 'a cinematographic mobility', rarely men tioned the cinema inher several modern-day fictions Drawing