Flashback A Brief Film History |
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| Author:
| Giannetti, Louis
Eyman, Scott
Giannetti, Louis D. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-205-69590-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2009 |
| Publisher: | Pearson Higher Education & Professional Group
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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Consolidating major figures and film movements into their decade of greatest influence or prestige, this "no-nonsense" book offers a generously illustrated, concise, and very readable history of fiction movies with an emphasis on American cinema. Eclectic in methodology and written in a plain English style that audiences can relate to, it examines the full scope of traditional film history and criticism, viewing film as both an art and an industry-- as it mirrors...
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Consolidating major figures and film movements into their decade of greatest influence or prestige, this "no-nonsense" book offers a generously illustrated, concise, and very readable history of fiction movies with an emphasis on American cinema. Eclectic in methodology and written in a plain English style that audiences can relate to, it examines the full scope of traditional film history and criticism, viewing film as both an art and an industry-- as it mirrors popular audience values, social ideologies, and historical epochs.