An insight into the interplay between the film industry and mass culture in America, which examines the industry, its narrative conventions and cinematographic style. The work also presents a sweep of film history, using five genres - silent film melodrama, American comedy, the war film, film noir and the making of the West - as the basis for ...
Over a million students at thousands of schools have learned about world history with the best selling book for the course, "Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past". Using the twin themes of traditions and encounters, the text emphasizes both the distinctive patterns of historical development within individual societies and ...
Cinematic genius Alfred Hitchcock offered only brief glimpses of himself in his masterly films, popping up in split-second cameos as a pudgy everyman. In this remarkable book, he finally allows audiences to truly see him, opening his cards to another master of the form, French New Wave auteur and critic François Truffaut. Taken from hundreds of ...
Since publication of the first edition in 1974, Leo Braudy and Marshall Cohen's Film Theory and Criticism has been the most widely used and cited anthology of critical writings about film. Now in its seventh edition, this landmark text continues to offer outstanding coverage of more than a century of thought and writing about the movies. ...
Written by two leading film scholars, this text acknowledges the contributions of Hollywood and films from other US sources, as well as examining film-making internationally. Concepts and events are illustrated with over 1400 frame enlargements. The text takes a holistic approach by providing an in-depth look at the historical influences of film ...
Harris examines the human drama behind the making of the five films nominated for Best Picture of 1967 and, through them, the larger story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood--and America--forever.
For undergraduate courses in Introduction to Film and Film History in departments of English and Communications. Consolidating major figures and film movements into their decade of greatest influence or prestige, this "no-nonsense" book offers a generously illustrated, concise, and very readable history of fiction movies with an emphasis on ...
A collection of 60 essays on the interaction between history and the movies. Contributors include: Stephen Jay Gould on "Jurassic Park"; Dee Brown on "Fort Apache"; Antonia Fraser on "Anne of the Thousand Days"; James McPherson on "Glory"; Frances FitzGerald on "Apocalypse Now"; and Clayborne Carson on "Malcolm X". Other authors include Simon ...
This introduction to film appreciation uses contemporary and popular American movies to help students develop critical skills in the analysis and evaluation of film. By suggesting what to look for and how to look for it, it challenges students to sharpen their powers of observation, establish habits of perceptive watching, and discover complex ...
"The Film Experience "is a comprehensive introduction to film that treats students as the avid movie fans they are while surpassing all other texts in helping them understand the art form's full scope, breadth, and depth. Like other introductory texts, it offers strong coverage of film's formal elements, but goes further by situating this formal ...
Featuring chronological reviews of more than 300 zombie films - from 1932's "White Zombie" to George A. Romero's 2008 release "Diary of the Dead" - this thorough, uproarious guide traces the evolution of one of horror cinema's most popular and terrifying creations. Fans will learn exactly what makes a zombie a zombie, go behind the scenes with a ...
This comprehensive introduction to film focuses on three topics: how movies express meanings, how viewers understand those meanings, and how cinema focuses globally as both an art and a business. Using clear, accessible, and jargon-free writing, this is the only introductory film text to examine the elements of film style and the viewer's ...
Over a million students at thousands of schools have learned about world history with the best selling book for the course, "Traditions and Encounters". The text is unique in approach: it covers the world as a whole, examining the formations and development of the world's major societies ("traditions"), and exploring cross-cultural interactions ...
The ninth edition of A Short History of the Movies continues the tradition-scrupulously accurate in its details, up-to-date, free of jargon-that has made it the most widely adopted textbook for college courses in film history, and now includes a fresh look at "Persistence of Vision" and a new chapter on digital cinema. This volume offers students ...
"Hollywood Babylon" was originally published in Paris, and quickly became an underground legend. Not a word has been changed. Not a story omitted. Here is the hot, luscious plum of sizzling scandal that continues to shock the world.
Film is an art form with a language and an aesthetic all its own. Since 1979, David Bordwell's and Kristin Thompson's "Film Art" has been the best-selling and widely respected introduction to the analysis of cinema. While it continues to provide the best introduction to the fundamentals of serious film study, the eighth edition has been revised be ...
The classic Hollywood success story--start in the mailroom and end up a mogul--is told in this first revealing account that takes readers through 65 years of Hollywood history to show the real stories of how careers have been made, and sometimes destroyed, with the turn of a mail cart.
The magazine world's monthly arbiter of culture, personality and world affairs, "Vanity Fair" has always offered the definitive insider's look at Hollywood power and glamour since its re-launch twenty-five years ago. Now, for the first time ever, "Vanity Fair" presents a one-of-a-kind collection featuring thirteen behind-the-scenes stories on some ...
In this celebration of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Charmian Carr, the actress who played Liesl von Trapp, reminisces about her role in the classic film. In her candid narrative, Carr shares behind-the-scenes events, including wild cast parties, disastrous dance rehearsals, and moments of true passion that occurred on the set.
Updated to include the entire 20th century, this new fourth edition covers directors, stars, and films including "Summer of Sam", "Jackie Brown", "The Best Man", and "The Hurricane". From "The Birth of a Nation" - the groundbreaking work of independent filmmaker Oscar Micheaux - and "Gone with the Wind" to the latest work by Spike Lee, John ...
In BAMBI VS. GODZILLA, David Mamet, the award-winning playwright and screenwriter, gives us an exhilaratingly subversive inside look at Hollywood from the perspective of a film-maker who has always played the game his own way. Who really reads scripts at the film studios? How is a screenplay like a personals ad? Whose opinion matters when revising ...
The Oxford History of World Cinema is the most authoritative, up-to-date history of the Cinema ever undertaken. It traces the history of the twentieth-century's most enduringly popular entertainment form, covering all aspects of its development, stars, studios, and cultural impact. The book celebrates and chronicles over one hundred years of ...
"America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in the Movies" is a lively introduction to issues of diversity as represented within the American cinema. The first synthetic and historical text of its kind, "America on Film" provides a comprehensive overview of the industrial, socio-cultural, and aesthetic factors that contribute ...
This introduction to film art explains the techniques specific to film as a medium, discusses the principles by which entire films are constructed, and explores how these techniques and formal principles have changed over the history of moviemaking. Frame enlargements are used to illuminate concepts, and there is information on the latest film ...
Film: A Critical Introduction, 2e, provides a comprehensive framework for studying films, with an emphasis on writing as a means of exploring film's aesthetic and cultural significance. This book's consistent and comprehensive focus on writing allows the reader to master film vocabulary and concepts while learning to formulate rich interpretations ...
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