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The relationship between the motion picture industry and the city of Paris has a long and fascinating dynamic that is as old as cinema itself. Despite its foundational role in film history and position as a cultural model for aspiring filmmakers and movie enthusiasts alike, "In film studies, Paris has gone largely unexamined" (p. 5). Eric Smoodin's I Paris in the Dark i takes on the daunting task of examining 'the varied audiences of Paris, the movies they watched, and their neighbourhood cinemas also highlights significant changes in the practices of film studies' (p. 4). [Extracted from the article]