"Acclaimed for their breakthrough approach, Bordwell, Staiger and Thompson analyze the basic conditions of American film-making as a historical institution and consider to what extent Hollywood film production constitutes a systematic enterprise, in both its style and its busine…
Acclaimed for its breakthrough approach and its combination of theoretical analysis and empirical evidence, this is the standard work on the classical Hollywood cinema style of film-making from the silent era to the 1960s.
An account of Hitchcock's British films and film-making, now in its second edition, this study discusses the man and his work in the context of the history of British cinema in the 1930s and 1940s.
First published in 1986, this standard account of Hitchcock's British films and film-making is now available again in a Second Edition with a new Introduction and Bibliography. It will be welcomed by all students of the film and admirers of Hitchcock.
"In the golden age of Hollywood, Paramount was one of the Big Five studios. Gulf + Western's 1966 takeover of the studio signaled the end of one era and heralded a new way of doing business in Hollywood." "Bernard Dick reconstructs the battle that culminated in the reduction of …
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Nordic National Cinemas is the first book length study to explore the film histories and cultures of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
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"Since their beginnings in the 1930s, Hindi films and film songs nave dominated popular culture in South Asia and the diaspora. Anna Morcom examines the subject from the perspectives of ethnomusicology, popular music studies, film music studies and South Asian studies. The uniqu…
"Since their beginnings in the 1930s, Hindi films and film songs nave dominated popular culture in South Asia and the diaspora. Anna Morcom examines the subject from the perspectives of ethnomusicology, popular music studies, film music studies and South Asian studies. The uniqu…
"Bollywood movies have long been known for their colorful song-and-dance numbers and knack for combining drama, comedy, action-adventure, and music. But these exciting and often amusing films rarely reflect the reality of life on the Indian subcontinent. Exploring the nature of …
How politics, propaganda, and profits sparked the drama, imagery, and fantasy of 1940s film--and marched America off to fight World War II. The authors examine how one of America's largest and most lucrative industries was enlisted as an enthusiastic recruiter for Uncle Sam to c…
How politics, propaganda, and profits sparked the drama, imagery, and fantasy of 1940s film--and marched America off to fight World War II. The authors examine how one of America's largest and most lucrative industries was enlisted as an enthusiastic recruiter for Uncle Sam to c…
Mediale Mobilmachung meint weit mehr als die filmische Veranschaulichung einer ideologischen Botschaft. Sie verlangt, "zu elementaren Konfliktstellungen zu kommen, die mit den natürlichen Sinnen, den Augen und Ohren, ohne komplizierte Denkprozesse aufgenommen, das heißt unmittel…
