Author: Eric RhodePublisher:
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Languages : en
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A History of the cinema - from its origins to 1970
Author: Eric Rhode“A” History of the Cinema from Its Origins to 1970
Author: Eric RhodeA Certain Tendency of the Hollywood Cinema, 1930-1980
Author: Robert B. RayPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691216169
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Robert B. Ray examines the ideology of the most enduringly popular cinema in the world--the Hollywood movie. Aided by 364 frame enlargements, he describes the development of that historically overdetermined form, giving close readings of five typical instances: Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Godfather, and Taxi Driver. Like the heroes of these movies, American filmmaking has avoided commitment, in both plot and technique. Instead of choosing left or right, avant-garde or tradition, American cinema tries to have it both ways. Although Hollywood's commercial success has led the world audience to equate the American cinema with film itself, Hollywood filmmaking is a particular strategy designed to respond to specific historical situations. As an art restricted in theoretical scope but rich in individual variations, the American cinema poses the most interesting question of popular culture: Do dissident forms have any chance of remaining free of a mass medium seeking to co-opt them?
Film and History
Author: James ChapmanPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1137367326
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Film is the pre-eminent mass medium of the modern age. It is a valuable source of evidence for the study of both the past and the contemporary world, and is a social practice that has affected the lives of millions. How can historians engage with this important and influential medium? Written for both students and teachers, Film and History: - provides a concise, accessible introduction to the use of film in historical enquiry and a summary of the main theoretical debates - Charts the development of film history as a subject area and a discipline in its own right - Considers different approaches to film history, including film as an art form, as ideology, as a historical source, and as a social practice - Includes case studies to ground discussion of theories and approaches in specific examples Wide-ranging and authoritative, Film and History equips students with the methods both to analyse film texts and to understand the place of film in history and culture.
A Social History of the Media
Author: Asa BriggsPublisher: Polity
ISBN: 0745635113
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
It will be an ideal text for students in history, media and cultural studies and journalism, but it will also appeal to a wide general readership.
Film, Form and Phantasy
Author: M. O'PrayPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230535771
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
This book explores the ideas of the neglected English aesthetician and art historian, Adrian Stokes. Stokes's Kleinian-based concepts of carving and modelling are analysed in relation to film, arguing that they replace the traditional notions of realism and montage in film theory and provide a set of aesthetics which encompasses mainstream and 'art' cinema. This Kleinian psychoanalytic approach is offered to the films of Eisenstein, Rossellini, Hitchcock and others.
Cinemas of the World
Author: James ChapmanPublisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1861895747
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The cinema has been the pre-eminent popular art form of the 20th century. In Cinemas of the World, James Chapman examines the relationship between film and society in the modern world: film as entertainment medium, film as a reflection of national cultures and preoccupations, film as an instrument of propaganda. He also explores two interrelated issues that have recurred throughout the history of cinema: the economic and cultural hegemony of Hollywood on the one hand, and, on the other, the attempts of film-makers elsewhere to establish indigenous national cinemas drawing on their own cultures and societies. Chapman examines the rise to dominance of Hollywood cinema in the silent and early sound periods. He discusses the characteristic themes of American movies from the Depression to the end of the Cold War especially those found in the western and film noir – genres that are often used as vehicles for exploring issues central to us society and politics. He looks at national cinemas in various European countries in the period between the end of the First World War and the end of the Second, which all exhibit the formal and aesthetic properties of modernism. The emergence of the so-called "new cinemas" of Europe and the wider world since 1960 are also explored. "Chapman is a tough-thinking, original writer . . . an engaging, excellent piece of work."—David Lancaster, Film and History
Cinema and Nation
Author: Mette HjortPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134618840
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Cinema and Nation considers the ways in which film production and reception are shaped by ideas of national belonging and examines the implications of globalisation for the concept of national cinema.
The Legacy of Courtly Literature
Author: Deborah Nelson-CampbellPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319607294
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
This fascinating volume examines the enduring influence of courtly tradition and courtly love, particularly in contemporary popular culture. The ten chapters explore topics including the impact of the medieval troubadour in modern love songs, the legacy of figures such as Tristan, Iseult, Lancelot, Guinevere, and Merlin in modern film and literature, and more generally, how courtly and chivalric conceptions of love have shaped the Western world’s conception of love, loyalty, honor, and adultery throughout history and to this day.
The History of Film
Author: Nicholas CrocePublisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica
ISBN: 1680480774
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This comprehensive guide offers cinema enthusiasts everything they need to know about the history of film. The book covers the film industrys most epic periods, including the early years of film starting in the 1830s, the silent years in the first quarter of the twentieth century, the preWorld War II sound era, the rise and fall of the Hollywood studios, and the transition into the twenty-first century. Along the way, readers learn about the most iconic films and directors from around the world, as well as how history, politics, and the cultural zeitgeist influenced cinema.
