An Introduction to World Cinema, 2d ed.

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McFarland, 24.4.2008 - 378 sivua

Motion pictures are more than just entertainment. In film studies courses in colleges and universities worldwide, students and professors explore the social, political, technological and historical implications of cinema.

This textbook provides two things: the history of film as an art form and an analysis of its impact on society and politics. Chapters are arranged chronologically, covering the major developments in film, like the advent of talkies or the French New Wave. Each era is examined in the context of several exemplary films commonly viewed in film studies courses. Thus students can watch Birth of a Nation and Intolerance while studying the innovations made by D.W. Griffith from 1910 to 1919. The scope is global, embracing the cinematic traditions of Asia, Latin America and Africa, as well as the ever important American and European output. Thoughtful articles from film scholars are included. The flexible structure of the text allows a variety of options for classroom use or personal study.

Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

 

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Preface
1
Introduction
5
18951910
11
2 Early Narratives and the Nickelodeons
21
19101919
31
19191925
41
Caligari by Siegfried Kracauer
51
19191925
62
1950s1970s
190
19571968
202
19591980
211
LAnnée dernière à Marienbad The Narration of Narration by Allen Thiher
219
19561972
228
19 The Italian Cinema of Fellini and Antonioni
237
19641976
248
BlowUp Swinging London and the Film Generation by Peter Lev
259

6 The French AvantGarde Tradition and Surrealism
76
19191929
86
8 Hollywood and the Sound Films of the 1930s
100
9 French Cinema of the 1930s
109
The Evolution of the Language of Cinema by André Bazin
119
19301945
128
19451954
141
Some Ideas on the Cinema by Cesare Zavattini
151
19401954
159
19501990
169
19551962
179
21 New Italian Cinema of Pasolini and Bertolucci
265
22 New German Cinema
275
Allen Altman and Coppola
282
24 Revisiting Genre Films in the 1980s and 1990s
294
25 Third Cinema and PostColonial Narratives in Africa Latin America and Asia
306
From a Hybrid Place by Trinh T MinhHa with Judith Mayne
315
Contesting Colonialism
323
19872007
335
Contemporary Inquiries into a War on Terrorism
344
Index
355
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Over a 30 year teaching career, the late Aristides Gazetas designed a graduate film studies program, wrote courses on international cinema and film history, and directed numerous productions of classic and modern plays. He lived in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.

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