A Short History of Film, Fourth Edition

Wheeler Winston Dixon, Gwendolyn Audrey Foster (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

468 Seiten

2025 | Fourth Edition, Fourth Edition
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
9781978837676 (ISBN)

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This updated and expanded edition of A Short History of Film provides an accessible overview of the major movements, directors, studios, and genres from the 1880s to the present. Succinct yet comprehensive, with more than 250 rare stills and illustrations, it brings readers face to face with many of the key players and films that have shaped the industry.

Beginning with the precursors of moving pictures, Wheeler Winston Dixon and Gwendolyn Audrey Foster lead a fast-paced tour through the invention of the kinetoscope, the introduction of sound and color between the two world wars, and ultimately the computer-generated imagery of the present day. They detail significant periods in world cinema, including the creation of early major industries in Europe, the dominance of the Hollywood studio system in the 1930s and 1940s, and the French New Wave of the 1960s. They also highlight independent efforts in developing nations and the corresponding more personal independent film movement that briefly flourished in the United States. Along the way, the authors incorporate the stories of women and other minority filmmakers who have often been overlooked in other texts.

Compact and easily readable, this is a vital history of international cinema is a one-stop resource for students, teachers, and general readers alike.

WHEELER WINSTON DIXON is the James Ryan Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the author of many books, including A History of Horror, 2nd Edition (Rutgers University Press), and an internationally known experimental filmmaker. GWENDOLYN AUDREY FOSTER is Willa Cather Professor Emerita of Film Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She is an award-winning experimental filmmaker and a prolific author.

Acknowledgments
Timeline 1832–2012
1          The Invention of the Movies
2          The Birth of an American Industry
3          World Cinema: The Silent Era
4          The Hollywood Studio System in the 1930s and 1940s
5          International Cinema through World War II
6          Postwar Challenges to the Movies
7          World Cinema in the 1950s
8          The 1960s Explosion
9          World Cinema 1970 to the Present
10        The New Hollywood
Glossary of Film Terms
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	04.11.2025
Zusatzinfo	31 color and 231 B-W images
Verlagsort	New Brunswick NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-13	9781978837676 / 9781978837676
Zustand	Neuware