Minding Movies Observations on the Art, Craft, and Business of Filmmaking

Name: Minding Movies Observations on the Art, Craft, and Business of Filmmaking
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ISBN: 9780226066998

ISBN-10: 0226066991

ISBN-13: 9780226066998

Edition: 2011

Authors: David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson

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David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson are two of America's preeminent film scholars. You would be hard pressed to find a serious student of the cinema who hasn't spent at least a few hours huddled with their seminal introduction to the field Film Art, now in its ninth editionor a cable television junkie unaware that the Independent Film Channel sagely christened them the "Critics of the Naughts." Since launching their blog Observations on Film Artin 2006, the two have added web virtuosos to their growing list of accolades, pitching unconventional long-form pieces engaged with film artistry that have helped to redefine cinematic storytelling for a new age and audience. Minding Moviespresents a…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/15/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.06" wide x 8.90" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



The Business


World Rejects Hollywood Blockbusters!?


Live with It! There'll Always Be Movie Sequels. Good Thing, Too.


Superheroes for Sale


What Won the Weekend? Or, How to Understand Box-Office Figures


Snakes, No; Borat, Yes: Not All Internet Publicity Is the Same


Don't Knock the Blockbusters



Writing About Movies


In Critical Condition


Love Isn't All You Need


Do Filmmakers Deserve the Last Word?


Crix Nix Variety's Tics



Film as Art


But What Kind of Art?


This Is Your Brain on Movies, Maybe


Movies Still Matter



Storytelling and Style


Anatomy of the Action Picture


Times Go by Turns


Grandmaster Flashback


Originality and Origin Stories


Good Actors Spell Good Acting


By Annie Standards


Unsteadicam Chronicles


Pausing and Chortling: A Tribute to Bob Clampett



Films


A Behemoth from the Dead Zone


Cronenberg's Violent Reversals


The Movie Looks Back at Us


Lessons from Babel


Slumdogged by the Past


Rat Rapture


A Welcome Basterdization



Into the Future


New Media and Old Storytelling


The Celestial Multiplex


Take My Film, Please


Index