Closely Watched Films An Introduction to the Art of Narrative Film Technique

Name: Closely Watched Films An Introduction to the Art of Narrative Film Technique
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ISBN: 9780520238916

ISBN-10: 0520238915

ISBN-13: 9780520238916

Edition: 2004

Authors: Marilyn Fabe

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How do films work? How do they tell a story? How do they move us and make us think? Through detailed examinations of passages from classic films, Marilyn Fabe supplies the analytic tools and background in film history and theory to enable us to see more in every film we watch. Ranging from D. W. Griffith'sThe Birth of a Nationto Spike Lee'sDo the Right Thing,and ending with an epilogue on digital media,Closely Watched Filmsfocuses on exemplary works of fourteen film directors whose careers together span the history of the narrative film. Lively and down-to-earth, this concise introduction provides a broad, complete, and yet specific picture of visual narrative techniques that will increase…

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List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/2/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 297
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Beginnings of Film Narrative: D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation



The Art of Montage: Sergei Eisenstein's The Battleship Potemkin



Expressionism and Realism in Film Form: F. W. Murnau's The Last Laugh and Charles Chaplin's The Adventurer



The Conversion to Sound and the Classical Hollywood Film: Howard Hawks's His Girl Friday



Expressive Realism: Orson Welles's Citizen Kane



Italian Neorealism: Vittorio De Sica's The Bicycle Thief



Auteur Theory and the French New Wave: Francois Truffaut's The 400 Blows



Hollywood Auteur: Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious



The European Art Film: Federico Fellini's 8 1/2



Film and Postmodernism: Woody Allen's Annie Hall



Political Cinema: Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing



Feminism and Film Form: Patricia Rozema's I've Heard the Mermaids Singing



Epilogue: Digital Video and New Forms of Narrative in Mike Figgis's Timecode


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index