A short history of film / Wheeler Winston Dixon and Gwendolyn Audrey Foster.

Author/creator Dixon, Wheeler W., 1950-
Other author Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey.
Format Electronic
EditionThird edition.
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
Descriptionxxxviii, 465 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 26 cm
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Subjects

Contents Timeline 1832-2017 -- The invention of the movies -- The birth of an American industry -- World cinema : the silent era -- The Hollywood studio system in the 1930s and 1940s -- International cinema through World War II -- Postwar challenges to the movies -- World cinema in the 1950s -- The 1960s explosion -- World cinema 1970 to the present -- The new Hollywood.
Abstract "With more than 250 images, new information on international cinema- especially Polish, Chinese, Russian, Canadian, and Iranian filmmakers- an expanded section on African-American filmmakers, updated discussions of new works by major American directors, and a new section on the rise of comic book movies and computer generated special effects..." - Back cover.
General noteIncludes glossary of film terms.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 411-431) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019296561
ISBN0813595126 (paperback)
ISBN9780813595122 (paperback)
ISBN0813595134 (cloth)
ISBN9780813595139 (cloth)
ISBNe-Pub
ISBNe-Pub
ISBNWeb PDF
Standard identifier# 99979211029

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