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Flashback A Brief Film History

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ISBN-10: 0133217876

ISBN-13: 9780133217872

Edition: 2nd 1991

Authors: Louis Giannetti, Scott Eyman

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Consolidating major figures and film movements into their decade of greatest influence or prestige, this "no-nonsense" book offers a generously illustrated, concise and very readable history of fiction movies with an emphasis on American cinema. Eclectic in methodology and written in a no-frills, plain English style that readers can relate to, it examines the full scope of traditional film history and criticism, viewing film as both an art and an industry as it mirrors popular audience values, social ideologies, and historical epochs. Reader-friendly and highly accessible, the book offers hundreds of still photographs--many never before reprinte d--to illustrate discussions on visual style…    
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Book details

List price: $44.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Language: English

Scott Eyman is the literary critic of the Palm Beach Post and has written for numerous publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune. He is the author of numerous books about the movies including Lion of Hollywood: The Life of Louis B. Mayer, Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford, Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise, The Speed of Sound, John Ford: The Searcher, and Pieces of My Heart with Robert Wagner.

Beginnings
Griffith and His Contemporaries: 1908-1920
American Cinema in the 1920s
European Cinema in the 1920s
The Hollywood Studio System
American Cinema in the 1930s
European Cinema in the 1930s
American Cinema in the 1940s
European Cinema in the 1940s
American Cinema in the 1950s
International Cinema in the 1950s
American Cinema in the 1960s
International Cinema in the 1960s
American Cinema in the 1970s
International Cinema in the 1970s
American Cinema in the 1980s
International Cinema in the 1980s
American Cinema in the 1990s
International Cinema in the 1990s
Glossary
Index
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