It's So French!: Hollywood, Paris, and the Making of Cosmopolitan Film Culture

The recent history of cultural exchange between France and the United States would appear to be defined by "freedom fries" and boycotts against Beaujolais-or, on the other side of the Atlantic, by enraged farmers toppling statues of Ronald McDonald. But this dismal state of affairs is a long way from the mutual admiration that followed World War II, epitomized in a 1958 cover of Look magazine that declared "Brigitte Bardot conquers America." It's So French! explores the close affinity betwe...