£23.99
Publication Date:
11 Jan 2007
Publisher:
Edinburgh University Press
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Description
A wide-ranging introduction to film history, this anthology covers the history of film from 1895 to the present day.
Contents
Preface Part One: Film History from its origins to 1945 1. The Emergence of Cinema 2. Organising Early Film Audiences 3. Nationalism, Trade and Market Domination 4. Establishing Classical Norms 5. The Age of the Dream Palace and the Rise of the Star System 6. Competing with Hollywood: National Film Industries Outside Hollywood 7. The Rise of the Studios and the Coming of Sound 8. Realism, Nationalism and 'Film Culture' 9. Adjustment, Depression and Regulation 10. Totalitarianism, Dictatorship and Propaganda 11. The Common People, Historical Drama and the Preparations for War 12. War-time Unity and Alienation Part Two: Film History from 1946 to the present 13. Post-War Challenges: National Regeneration, HUAC Investigations, Divestiture, and Declining Audiences 14. The Politics of Polarisation: Affluence, Anxiety and the Cold War 15. Cinematic Spectacles and the Rise of the Independents 16. New Waves, Specialist Audiences and Adult Films 17. Radicalism, Revolution and Counter-Cinema 18. Modernism, Nostalgia and the Hollywood Renaissance 19. From Movie Brats to Movie Blockbusters 20. The Exhibitors Strike Back: Multiplexes, Video and the Rise of Home Cinema 21. Postmodernism, High Concept and Eighties Excess 22. Cults, Independents and Guerrilla Filmmaking 23. From Cinemas to Theme Parks: Conglomeration, Synergy and Multimedia 24. Globalisation and the New Millennium Bibliography
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