Flashback A Brief Film History

Name: Flashback A Brief Film History
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ISBN: 9780205695904

ISBN-10: 0205695906

ISBN-13: 9780205695904

Edition: 6th 2010

Authors: Louis Giannetti, Scott Eyman, Louis D. Giannetti

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KEYBENEFIT:Consolidating major figures and film movements into their decade of greatest influence or prestige, this ldquo;no-nonsenserdquo; 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 plain English style that audiences 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.KEYTOPICS:Film discussions include titles such asBorat;theHarry Potterseries;Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Babel; A History of Violence; Horton…

Book details

List price: $146.65
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/14/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 504
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.332
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 Wall Street Journal. He is the author of numerous books 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, John Wayne: The Life and Legend, and Pieces of My Heart with Robert Wagner.



Preface



Beginnings



Griffith and His Contemporaries: 1908-1920



American Cinema in the 1920s


Major Filmmakers


Talkies



European Cinema in the 1920s


Soviet Union


Germany


France



The Hollywood Studio System;: 1925-1955


The Box Office


The Studio System


The Star System


The System of Genres



American Cinema in the 1930s


The Talkie Era


New Genres: Gangster Pictures, Musicals, Screwball Comedy


Major Filmmakers



European Cinema in the 1930s


Germany


Great Britian


France



American Cinema in the 1940s


Decline of the Studio System


World War II


Major Filmmakers


Film Noir and Postwar Realism



European Cinema in the 1940s


Germany


France


Soviet Union


Great Britian


Italy



American Cinema in the 1950s


New Screens


The Red Scare


Social Realism


Method Acting


Major Filmmakers



International Cinema in the 1950s


Japan


Ingmar Bergman


Federico Fellini


France



American Cinema in the 1960s


The Bloated Era


Major Filmmakers


New Directions



International Cinema in the 1960s


France


Great Britian


Italy


Eastern Europe



American Cinema in the 1970s


The Vietnam-Watergate Era


The New Cinema


Major Figures



International Cinema in the 1970s


Great Britian


France


West Germany


Italy


Eastern Europe


Australia


The Third World



American Cinema in the 1980s


Technology and the Marketplace


The Reagan Era


The Mainstream


The Mavericks



International Cinema in the 1980s


Great Britian


Western Europe


U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe


The Third World


Japan



American Cinema in the 1990s


The Hollywood Studios


The Bright Side


Major Filmmakers


The Independent Cinema



International Cinema in the 1990s


Hollywood Uber Alles


Great Britian


Ireland


Continental Europe


Emerging Cinemas


Australia and New Zealand



American Cinema Since 2000


Major Figures


Emerging Artists



International Cinema Since 2000


Europe


Islamic Cinema


Hong Kong/China, and Japan


United States


Latin America


Glossary


Index


Glossary


Index