Description |
x, 406 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm |
Contents |
Pt. 1. Classic Hollywood Cinema. The Rise of the American Film Industry. The Studios. Stars. Classic Hollywood Narrative -- Pt. 2. Technology. Sound. Colour. Deep Focus. Lighting. Widescreen. Cameras. Alternative Production Formats: 16mm, 8mm, and Video. Editing. The 'New' Technologies -- Pt. 3. National Cinemas and Film Movements. German Expressionism and New German Cinema. Soviet Cinema. Italian Neo-Realism. The French Nouvelle Vague. The British Film Industry -- Pt. 4. Alternatives to Classic Hollywood. Early Cinema: After Brighton. New Hollywood. Art Cinema. East Asian Cinema. Avant-Garde and Counter-Cinema. Third World and Postcolonial Cinema. Hindi Cinema -- Pt. 5. Genre. History of Genre Criticism. The Western. Melodrama. Contemporary Crime. Film Noir. Science Fiction and Horror. The Musical. Teenpics. Comedy. Action-Adventure -- Pt. 6. Authorship and Cinema. The Politique Des Auteurs. The Auteur Theory. Auteur Theory and British Cinema. Structuralism and Auteur Study. Auteur Study After Structuralism. Auteurism in the 1990s -- Pt. 7. Theoretical Frameworks. Looking at Film. Structuralism and Its Aftermath. Psychoanalysis. Feminist Film Theory. Spectatorship and Audience Research |
Summary |
This 2nd edition of The Cinema Book looks at the recent developments in the field of cinema studies whilst retaining the historical coverage and depth of the original |
Analysis |
ACTION FILMS |
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ART CINEMA |
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ASIAN COUNTRIES |
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AUDIENCE RESEARCH |
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AUTEUR THEORY |
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AUTHORSHIP |
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AVANT-GARDE FILMS |
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COMEDIES |
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EXPRESSIONISM |
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FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA |
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FILM NOIR |
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GANGSTER FILMS |
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GENRES |
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GERMANY |
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HOLLYWOOD |
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HORROR FILMS |
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MELODRAMA |
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MUSICALS |
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NARRATIVE IN FILMS |
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NEOREALISM |
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NOUVELLE VAGUE |
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PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE CINEMA |
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SARRIS, ANDREW |
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SPECTATORSHIP |
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STARS |
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STRUCTURALISM |
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STUDIO SYSTEM |
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STUDIOS, FILM. USA |
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THIRD CINEMA |
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THIRD WORLD |
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UNITED KINGDOM |
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USA |
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USSR |
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WESTERNS |
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YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS |
Notes |
Previous ed.: 1985 |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [375]-398 |
Subject |
Film criticism.
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Film genres.
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Motion pictures -- History.
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Motion pictures.
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Author |
Bernink, Mieke.
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Cook, Pam, 1943-
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British Film Institute.
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LC no. |
2000362433 |
ISBN |
0851707262 (paperback) |
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0851707297 (cased) |
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