A world history of film / Robert Sklar.

Author/creator Sklar, Robert
Format Book
EditionRev. and expanded ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Harry N. Abrams, 2002.
Description600 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Subjects

Contents Cinema, society, and science -- Early cinema -- Film as art and industry -- The global spread of film -- Hollywood in the 1920s -- The cinemas of Europe -- Soviet cinema -- The transition to sound -- Hollywood genres -- Meeting Hollywood's challenge -- Documentary, propaganda, and politics -- Film and World War II -- Italian neorealism -- Hollywood's struggles -- Art cinema of Europe and Asia -- Hollywood in the 1950s -- The French new wave -- Cinema of liberation -- The new documentary -- American film : turmoil and transformation -- European films of the 1960s and 1970s -- Hollywood recovery -- The cinematic avant-garde -- The global advance of cinema -- English-language art cinema -- New European film -- World cinema -- American cinema : special effects and beyond.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 554-559) and index.
Bibliography noteFilmography: p. 565-579.
LCCN 2001022853
ISBN0810906066
ISBN0130340499

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks - Oversize PN1993.5 .A1 S555 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold