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World on Film An Introduction

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ISBN-10: 140513979X

ISBN-13: 9781405139793

Edition: 2010

Authors: Martha P. Nochimson

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List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 2/5/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 7.52" wide x 9.70" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 2.376
Language: English

Martha P. Nochimson has had a distinguished academic career, teaching at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and serving at Mercy College as the creator and first Chair of the film program. She is the author of five previous books, including The Passion of David Lynch: Wild at Heart in Hollywood.

Acknowledgments
How to Use This Book
Nations Make Movies
Introduction: Other Languages, Other Stories
The Point, So Far
Talking about International Film
National Film Cultures
Questions in the Chapters
Summary
For Further Thought
Projects
Further Reading
France: French Revolutions at the Movies
The Movies Are Born in France
CASE STUDY: JEAN RENOIR
Renoirs Peers and the Golden Age of French Cinema
For Further Thought
Projects
The Fourth and Fifth Republics and the Prologue to the New Wave
The New Wave
Case Study: Jean-Luc Godard
Beyond the New Wave
For Further Thought: Dogme 95
Mini Research Mission
Projects
Further Reading
Russia: Utopia and Dystopia
The Russian Revolution and the Golden Age of Soviet Cinema
Stalinism and the Ebb and Resurgence of Soviet Cinema
For Further Thought
Projects
New Freedoms
Case Study: Andrei Tarkovsky
Post-Soviet Cinema
Mini Research Mission
For Further Thought
Projects
Further Reading
Germany: From Darkness Toward Light
Early History
For Further Thought
Projects
Nazi Cinema and Beyond
Case Study: Werner Herzog
New German Cinema and the International Community
Mini Research Mission
For Further Thought: East German Cinema
Projects
Further Reading
Italy: The Myth of History, Neorealism, and Beyond
Italian Cinema and the Risorgimento
The Evolution of Neorealism
For Further Thought
Projects
Case Study: Federico Fellini
Debating Italian Postwar Recovery
Mini Research Mission
For Further Thinking
Projects
Further Reading
Japan:
Screening Modernism and Feudalism
Early Film in Japan
Meiji Era and Taisho Era Japanese Cinema
Film During the Showa Era
Case Study: Akira Kurosawa
For Further Thought
Projects
The New Wave and Beyond
Mini Research Mission
For Further Thought
Projects
Further Reading
India: Cinema of Composition and Contradiction
Film in Colonial India
Early Postcolonial Indian Film
For Further Thought
Projects
Bollywood Takes Charge
Case Study: Amitabh Bachchan
Bollywood and Parallel Cinema
Mini Research Mission
For Further Thought
Projects
Further Reading
Moviemaking In The Global Village
Introduction: They Do It Their Way
When Is a Film Foreign?
Reading Movies in the Global Village
Culture under a Microscope: A Modern Muddle or a New Mirror?
Mini Research Mission
For Further Thought
Projects
Further Reading
Spain: Luis Bu�uel, Playing with Ideas
The Arc of Bu�uels Career
Conclusion
Mini Research Mission
For Further Thought
Projects
Further Reading
Sweden: Ingmar Bergman, Being and Nothingness
The Arc of Bergman's Career
Conclusion
Mini Research Mission
For Further Thought
Projects
Further Reading
Hong Kong: Wong Kar-wai, Now You See It
The Arc of Wongs Career
Conclusion
Mini Research Mission
For Further Thought
Projects
Further Reading
Senegal: Ousmane Semb�ne, Postcolonial Pioneer
The Arc of Semb�nes Career
Conclusion
Mini Research Mission
For Further Thought
Projects
Further Reading
Mainland China: Jia Zhangke, Freedom and the Sixth Generation
The Arc of Jias Career
Conclusion
Mini Research Mission
For Further Thought
Projects
Further Reading
Glossary
Index