Traditions in world cinema / edited by Linda Badley, R. Barton Palmer, and Steven Jay Schneider.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Badley, Linda.

Palmer, R. Barton, 1946-

Schneider, Steven Jay, 1974-

Series:

Traditions in World Cinema : TWC

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures.

Foreign films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 266 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The core volume in the Traditions in World Cinema series, this book brings together a colourful and wide-ranging collection of world cinematic traditions - national, regional and global - all of which are in need of introduction, investigation and, in some cases, critical reassessment. Topics include: German expressionism, Italian neorealism, French New Wave, British new wave, Czech new wave, Danish Dogma, post-Communist cinema, Brazilian post-Cinema Novo, new Argentine cinema, pre-revolutionary African traditions, Israeli persecution films, new Iranian cinema, Hindi film songs, and so on.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Notes On Contributors; Introduction; 1. German Expressionism; 2. Italian Neorealism; 3. The French New Wave; 4. The British New Wave; 5. The Czechoslovak New Wave; 6. Danish Dogma; 7. Post-communist Cinema; 8. Post-cinema Novo Brazilian Cinema; 9. New Argentine Cinema; 10. Early Cinematic Traditions In Africa; 11. Israeli Persecution Films; 12. New Iranian Cinema; 13. Popular Hindi Cinema And The Film Song; 14. Chinese Melodrama; 15. Japanese Horror Cinema; 16. The 'new' American Cinema; 17. The Global Art Of Found Footage Cinema; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610643134

9780813538747

0813538742

9781280643132

1280643137

9780748626267

0748626263

OCLC:

476021244