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Re: French television adaptations of Verne

From: Jean-Pierre Boutin <boutin~at~versailles.inra.fr>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 10:28:07 +0200
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

I guess that the main reason is that 1962-1974 was also the golden
age of space conquest. Almost every week new satellite and manned
vehicle were sent into space or returned. Information about all these
events was largely given (newspaper, radio, TV, periodicals, books
...). The peak of interest was of course, in France as every were in
the world, a certain 19-20 of July 1969 ...
J-P



>Hi everyone,
>
>I am currently doing some research on French television adaptations of Verne
>that were distributed by the ORTF during the sixties and seventies. Whereas
>I found quite a lot of information on the films themselves and read that
>there was a sort of 'golden age' of science fiction and the fantastic on
>French television screens from 1962 to 1974, I wondered if anyone has any
>information or ideas as to why this 'boom' in science fiction occurred when
>it did (especially since science fiction literature and film has always been
>a marginal genre in France) and whether it was a reaction to the big-budget
>Hollywood adaptations of the fifties. I am grateful for any information and
>thoughts on the subject.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Françoise Schiltz
Received on Thu 18 Sep 2003 - 11:27:16 IDT

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