Movie history : a survey / Douglas Gomery and Clara Pafort-Overduin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gomery, Douglas, author.

Contributor:

Pafort-Overduin, Clara.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--History.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (481 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Covering everything from Edison to Avatar, Gomery and Pafort-Overduin have written the clearest, best organized, and most user-friendly film history textbook on the market. It masterfully distills the major trends and movements of film history, so that the subject can be taught in one semester. And each chapter includes a compelling case study that highlights an important moment in movie history and, at the same time, subtly introduces a methodological approach. This book is a pleasure to read and to teach. Peter Decherney, University of Pennsylvania, USA In addition

Contents:

Preface

The silent cinema 1895-1927. The invention and innovation of the motion pictures

The triumph of Hollywood

Hollywood establishes the classic narrative style

Influential alternatives to Hollywood : European cinema

Experiments in filmmaking : the USSR

The Hollywood studio era, 1928-1950. The coming of sound & the studio system

The first golden age of Hollywood movie making

European alternatives to Hollywood : France, Britain, Germany and Italy

The television era 1951-1975. Television, wide-screen and colour

A transformation of Hollywood movie-making

The European art cinema alternative

Alternative film industries : the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, South America, Australia and Japan

The video to digital era, 1975-2010. Contemporary world cinema history : 1975 and beyond

Hollywood thrives.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-83524-5

1-283-10473-3

1-136-83525-3

9786613104731

0-203-83228-0

9780203832288

OCLC:

714140960