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On the history of film style / David Bordwell.
LIBRA - Special PN1995 .B6174 1997
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Van Pelt Library PN1995 .B6174 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bordwell, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Aesthetics.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Historiography.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- x, 322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- David Bordwell shows how film scholars have attempted to explain stylistic continuity and change in film, and in the process celebrates a century of cinema. Examining the contributions of both noted and neglected directors, he considers the earliest filmmaking, the accomplishments of the silent era, the development of Hollywood, and the strides taken by European and Asian cinema in recent years.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-314) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674634284
- 0674634292
- OCLC:
- 36498830
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