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Paris, France houses the Louvre Pyramid, a structure built because the age of the original Louvre Museum could not handle the daily traffic. The new entrance directs traffic in a manner designed to mitigate traffic flow backups as well as to decrease the stress on the older floor structures of the original building.
Ben Meyers
Editor in Chief
Editorial
Welcome to Ben Meyers International Entertainment Magazine and thank you for joining us in our venture of appreciating cinema at the international level as countries integrate, collaborate, and cooperate to bring their outstanding voices and stories from around the world to international attention.
The third quarter of 2025 marks an examination of France's entertainment industry.
Again we thank all the people who have continually worked to keep the entertainment industry in the evolving mode as we race toward a completely new entertainment that reacts to virtual reality and integration of peoples across our globe.
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CONTENTS
Broadening and Expanding Focus, Those Marvelous Inventors and Experimenters
How Stars Are Born, French Stars Then and Now
Those 'Magnificent' French Film Festivals!
Places to Go and Things to See
When Culture Counts, GO France
Broadening and Expanding Focus, Those Marvelous Inventors and Experimenters
by Ben Meyers
From collegiate film studies I integrated an understanding that the beginning of the European film industry has been deeply driven by France and French artists such as Georges Mèliés, the producer, director, writer, and publicist of Le Voyage Dans La Lune (1902) and his earlier works, Cinderella (1899) and Joan of Arc (1900) as well as the Lumiere Brothers and their invention of the Cinematographe moving picture machine.
Georges Mèliés, French Film Producer
The Lumiere Brothers' French Invention
When I found German inventors were deeply involved in the moving picture industry simultaneously with the French, that discovery led to a bit of confusion. German inventors were prone to invent and keep their ideas more within German borders while the Lumiere Brothers' traveled and began spreading this new technology across the world allowing simultaneous release of knowledge to both rich and poor alike. I found myself back in France again just where my collegiate coursework had placed me in the beginning of my studies. So, we will focus on France for this draft issue of Ben Meyers International Entertainment Magazine.
How French Stars Were Born
French Stars, Then and Now
As movies began to work with stories that involved people, audiences began requesting certain actors and actresses to perform more than others and as studios began honoring those requests, the birth of movie stars began. Some of the first to rise in France during the silent and black and white eras were:
From top to bottom:
Georges Biscot, Renee Adoree, Charles Roquefort
Abel Glance
Some movie stars, , gained fame internationally.
Top to Bottom: Jean Reno, Marcel Marceau, Catherine de Nueve, Jean Paul Belmondo, Gerard Depardieu
Today, due in part to innovations in mobility and increased integration of talent within the industry, France offers the world actors and actresses who have gained international recognition.
French Festival Film Awards
Palme d'or
Cristal Annecy
Those Marvelleuix French Film Festivals!
SPRING
The Cannes Film Festival
Cannes, France
Late May
The Cannes Film Festival, an annual film festival, focuses on a wide array of films. It competes with the Venice Film Festival in European importance.
It is a 'By Invitation Only' festival.
This film festival pushes all borders of film-making and desires that no boundaries are placed on film making.
SUMMER
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival
Annecy, France
June
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival, an annual film festival, focuses on animated films as feature-length films, short films, student films, television films, Internet films, and advertising films. The festival takes place in early June in Annecy, France.
Annecy, France hosts Lake Annecy, a lake that is the third largest in France (9 miles by 2 miles). The lake encourages water sports and there is a ferry that provides necessary services.
Places to Go and Things to See
Cité du Cinéma Film Studio
LA MAISON DU CHOCOLAT
Truffles
EQUINE SPORTING EVENTS
The Prix du President de la Republique (April)
Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris (May)
Grande Course de Haies (June)
Prie La Haye Jousselin (November)
FRENCH CUISINE
Maison Georges Larnicol
FASHION
WINES AND LIQUORS
When Culture Counts GO France
COLOGNES PARFUMS
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JEWELRY
SHOW DOGS
TOY COLLECTIBLES
FRENCH CLASSIC BOOK COLLECTIONS
FURNITURE
RISTORANTE OFFERINGS
When Culture Counts GO France
BEACHES BORDEAUX COUNTRY
FLORA COUNTRY
COUNTRY FAUNA
BORDEAUX WINERIES
When Culture Counts GO France
This magazine is informationally driven by the following websites which we are gratefully indebted to and thank you for the collections of information we had access to create the first draft issue of Ben Meyers International Entertainment Magazine Focus France. We hope you enjoy our next issue with its Focus on Russia.
Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime, Wikipedia, X.com, Facebook, Google, IMDb, Internet Archive
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