Flashback : A Brief History of Film - Louis Giannetti, Scott Eyman - Paperback - NON-FICTION - ENGLISH - 9780131874572

Academic Level : Scholarly/Undergraduate Academic Subject : MOTION PICTURES (GENERAL) Author : Louis Giannetti, Scott Eyman Binding : Paperback BISAC Subject : PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism Book Type : NON-FICTION Dewey : 791.43/09 Edition : 5, Subsequent Language : ENGLISH LCCN : 2005014349 Library Subject : History, Motion pictures Pages : 612, xi, 612 p. : Place of Publication : United States Publication Date : 07/01/2005 Subject Development : History Textual Format : Textbooks, Lower level Table of Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments ix About the Author xi Beginnings 2 (18) Griffith and His Contemporaries: 1908--1920 20 (24) American Cinema in the 1920s 44 (32) Major Filmmakers 48 (21) Talkies 69 (7) European Cinema in the 1920s 76 (26) Soviet Union 78 (7) Germany 85 (7) France 92 (10) The Hollywood Studio System 102 (26) The Box Office 104 (3) The Studio System 107 (8) The Star System 115 (5) The System of Genres 120 (8) American Cinema in the 1930s 128 (30) The Talkie Era 130 (3) New Genres: Gangster Pictures, Musicals, Screwball Comedy 133 (8) Major Filmmakers 141 (17) European Cinema in the 1930s 158 (22) Germany 160 (4) Great Britain 164 (5) France 169 (11) American Cinema in the 1940s 180 (26) Decline of the Studio System 183 (1) World War II 184 (1) Major Filmmakers 185 (17) Film Noir and Postwar Realism 202 (4) European Cinema in the 1940s 206 (26) Germany 209 (2) France 211 (1) Soviet Union 212 (2) Great Britain 214 (6) Italy 220 (12) American Cinema in the 1950s 232 (28) New Screens 236 (3) The Red Scare 239 (2) Social Realism 241 (2) Method Acting 243 (6) Major Filmmakers 249 (11) International Cinema in the 1950s 260 (28) Japan 262 (15) Ingmar Bergman 277 (3) Federico Fellini 280 (4) France 284 (4) American Cinema in the 1960s 288 (28) The Bloated Era 290 (4) Major Filmmakers 294 (9) New Directions 303 (13) International Cinema in the 1960s 316 (36) France 318 (13) Great Britain 331 (10) Italy 341 (6) Eastern Europe 347 (5) American Cinema in the 1970s 352 (32) The Vietnam--Watergate Era 354 (3) The New Cinema 357 (11) Major Figures 368 (16) International Cinema in the 1970s 384 (34) Great Britain 386 (2) France 388 (3) West Germany 391 (8) Italy 399 (5) Eastern Europe 404 (2) Australia 406 (7) The Third World 413 (5) American Cinema in the 1980s 418 (24) Technology and the Marketplace 420 (4) The Reagan Era 424 (1) The Mainstream 425 (4) The Mavericks 429 (13) International Cinema in the 1980s 442 (30) Great Britain 444 (11) Western Europe 455 (6) U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe 461 (2) The Third World 463 (4) Japan 467 (5) American Cinema in the 1990s 472 (30) The Hollywood Studios 474 (8) The Bright Side 482 (4) Major Filmmakers 486 (5) The Independent Cinema 491 (11) International Cinema in the 1990s 502 (30) Hollywood Uber Alles 504 (3) Great Britain 507 (10) Ireland 517 (6) Continental Europe 523 (3) Emerging Cinemas 526 (2) Australia and New Zealand 528 (4) Global Cinema Since 2000 532 (39) Europe 534 (4) Islamic Cinema 538 (5) Hong Kong/China 543 (6) United States 549 (2) The Hollywood Studios 551 (1) Technology and the Marketplace 552 (5) Major Figures and Trends 557 (6) Emerging Artists 563 (8) Glossary 571 (8) Index 579