A History of Early Film

A History of Early Film

Author: Stephen Herbert

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9780415211529

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First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.


A Short History of Film, Third Edition

A Short History of Film, Third Edition

Author: Wheeler Winston Dixon

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2018-03-30

Total Pages: 525

ISBN-13: 0813595169

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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, this is the most up to date resource for film history courses in the twenty-first century.


Fiction and Imagination in Early Cinema

Fiction and Imagination in Early Cinema

Author: Mario Slugan

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-11-28

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 135011569X

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Shortlisted for the BAFTSS 'Best Monograph' Award 2021 When watching the latest instalment of Batman, it is perfectly normal to say that we see Batman fighting Bane or that we see Bruce Wayne making love to Miranda Tate. We would not say that we see Christian Bale dressed up as Batman going through the motions of punching Tom Hardy dressed up us Bane. Nor do we say that we see Christian Bale pretending to be Bruce Wayne making love with Marion Cotillard, who is playacting the role Miranda Tate. But if we look at the history of cinema and consider contemporary reviews from the early days of the medium, we see that people thought precisely in this way about early film. They spoke of film as no more than documentary recordings of actors performing on set. In an innovative combination of philosophical aesthetics and new cinema history, Mario Slugan investigates how our default imaginative engagement with film changed over the first two decades of cinema. It addresses not only the importance of imagination for the understanding of early cinema but also contributes to our understanding of what it means for a representational medium to produce fictions. Specifically, Slugan argues that cinema provides a better model for understanding fiction than literature.


On the History of Film Style

On the History of Film Style

Author: David Bordwell

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 9780674634299

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Bordwell scrutinizes the theories of style launched by various film historians and celebrates a century of cinema. The author examines the contributions of many directors and shows how film scholars have explained stylistic continuity and change.


History on Film/film on History

History on Film/film on History

Author: Robert A. Rosenstone

Publisher: Pearson Education

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 9780582505841

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Fictional films tell true historical stories... Film and History is a compelling and unique overview of the cinema and its relationship with history, ranging from the ancient world to the modern day. This is the first book of its kind to offer such a broad historical and theoretical portrayal of the rapidly-growing sub field of history and film. Rosenstone introduces the varieties, types and traditions of historical films made worldwide and sets this against the changing ways in which historians and other public critics debate the portrayal of history in modern film.


A History of Experimental Film and Video

A History of Experimental Film and Video

Author: A.L. Rees

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-07-25

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1838714197

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Avant-garde film is almost indefinable. It is in a constant state of change and redefinition. In his highly-acclaimed history of experimental film, A.L. Rees tracks the movement of the film avant-garde between the cinema and modern art (with its postmodern coda). But he also reconstitutes the film avant-garde as an independent form of art practice with its own internal logic and aesthetic discourse. In this revised and updated edition, Rees introduces experimental film and video to new readers interested in the wider cinema, as well as offering a guide to enthusiasts of avant-garde film and new media arts. Ranging from Cézanne and Dada, via Cocteau, Brakhage and Le Grice, to the new wave of British film and video artists from the 1990s to the present day, this expansive study situates avant-garde film between the cinema and the gallery, with many links to sonic as well as visual arts. The new edition includes a review of current scholarship in avant-garde film history and includes updated reading and viewing lists. It also features a new introduction and concluding chapter, which assess the rise of video projection in the gallery since the millennium, and describe new work by the latest generation of experimental film-makers. The new edition is richly illustrated with images of the art works discussed.


Film Books

Film Books

Author: Breixo Viejo

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781584563433

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Film Books: A Visual History covers cinema literature from 1895 until the present day. It comprises a 20-page introduction, 140 brief essays on major film books of the 20th-century, and 360 bibliographical descriptions. The introduction presents a detailed historical analysis of cinema literature, emphasizing the importance of film books in the history of motion pictures. Individual entries examine the relevance of a particular film book, both in content and design, and include one or more illustrations of dust jackets, book covers, page layouts, photographs and film stills. This work is the first truly comprehensive study of film books. -- Amazon.com.


The Old West in Fact and Film

The Old West in Fact and Film

Author: Jeremy Agnew

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2012-11-15

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 0786468882

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For many years, movie audiences have carried on a love affair with the American West, believing Westerns are escapist entertainment of the best kind, harkening back to the days of the frontier. This work compares the reality of the Old West to its portrayal in movies, taking an historical approach to its consideration of the cowboys, Indians, gunmen, lawmen and others who populated the Old West in real life and on the silver screen. Starting with the Westerns of the early 1900s, it follows the evolution in look, style, and content as the films matured from short vignettes of good-versus-bad into modern plots.