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The art and craft of motion pictures : 25 movies to make you film literate / Vincent LoBrutto.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.P7 L63 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- LoBrutto, Vincent, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Production and direction.
- Motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 286 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2019]
- Summary:
- "This volume is 'a film school in a single book.' Investigating and analyzing the elements and concepts of the creation of films, this book looks closely at 25 films that represent a wide range of styles and subjects"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Editing choreography in an autobiographical musical : All that jazz
- The ultimate period film : Barry Lyndon
- The origin of the creative jump cut : Breathless
- Surrealism David Lynch style : Eraserhead
- Non-fiction, diary, essay filmmaking, and editing as a magician's tool : F for fake
- Remakes : The flight of the Phoenix (1964), Flight of the Phoenix
- The documentary as an investigative tool : Gimme shelter
- Time and space : Hiroshima mon amour
- Fantasy as reality : King Kong
- Destruction of the well-made Hollywood movie : The last movie
- The adult film as art film : The lickerish quartet
- Birth of the independent cinema : Little fugitive
- Parallel storytelling, character connections : Magnolia
- Mental state as narrative : Memento
- Teamwork on and off the screen : Our daily bread
- Tempo, content, and directorial style : Pickpocket
- Non-linear structure : Pulp fiction
- The camera as instigator : Seconds
- The graphic novel comes cinematically alive : Sin city
- The perfect silent film : Sunrise
- Tatami camera style : Tokyo story
- The tall tale : The treasure of the Sierra Madre
- The essential road movie : Two-lane blacktop
- The 42 minute and 56 second shot : Wavelength
- Stranger in a strange land : exploring the possibilities of the detective film : Witness.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: LoBrutto, Vincent, author. Art and craft of motion pictures
- ISBN:
- 9781440839184
- 1440839182
- OCLC:
- 1049607693
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