Film category: 7532 books

Film production in Latin America is as old as cinema itself, but local film industries have always been in a triangulated relationship with Hollywood and European cinema. This book situates Latin American film industries within the global circulation of film production, exhibition and distribution,...

The Film Theory in Practice series fills a gaping hole in the world of film theory. By marrying the explanation of a film theory with the interpretation of a film, the volumes provide discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. Fredric Jameson and The Wolf of...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 1995 im Fachbereich Filmwissenschaft, Note: 1, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Institut für Theater, Film- und Fernsehwissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Regie-Analyse/Regie-Praxis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Anhand des Films 'Der dritte Mann' wird der Versuch unternommen, Geschichtsvermittlung...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Filmwissenschaft, Note: 1,7, Universität zu Köln (Institut für Theater-, Film- und Fernsehwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Aufbaukurs Film, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ein Filmemacher dreht einen Film und dieser richtet sich an den Zuschauer. Geht man...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Film und Fernsehen, Note: 2,7, Universität Mannheim (Seminar für MKW), Veranstaltung: Mediengenres, 3 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Dogma 95 - Das Manifest DOGMA 95 ist ein Kollektiv von Filmregisseuren,...

European Film Theory explores the ‘Europeanness’ of European film theory, its philosophical origins, the ‘culture wars’ between ‘Continental’ and ‘Analytical’ film theory and philosophy, the major discursive and epistemological shifts in the history of Continental film theory, the...

A movie guide for film and comedy fans, by filmmakers and comedians, for the movie lover with a good sense of humor. Tired of the usual boring, dry movie discussion? The Comedy Film Nerds Guide to Movies is something new. Is it serious movie discussion? Is it funny? Do the writers know what...

Film critics and historians are virtually unanimous in considering 1939 the greatest year in the history of motion pictures. This one year produced many of the greatest films of all time, including “Gone with the Wind,” “The Wizard of Oz,” and “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” and marketed...

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Film Theory is an international reference work representing the essential ideas and concepts at the centre of film theory from the beginning of the twentieth century, to the beginning of the twenty-first. When first encountering film theory, students are often...

A shocking look into the twisted, lurid world of Nazi Germany’s film industry.   In Nazi Germany, the cult of celebrity was the embodiment of Adolf Hitler’s style of cultural governance. Hitler’s rise to power owed much to the creation of his own celebrity, and the country’s greatest stars,...

Star Wars Episodes IV-VI (SparkNotes Film Guide) Making the reading experience fun! SparkNotes Film Guides are one-stop guides to great works of film–masterpieces that are the foundations of filmmaking and film studies. Inside each guide you’ll find thorough, insightful overviews of films...

Film music is as old as cinema itself. Years before synchronized sound became the norm, projected moving images were shown to musical accompaniment, whether performed by a lone piano player or a hundred-piece orchestra. Today film music has become its own industry, indispensable to the marketability...

The Language and Style of Film Criticism brings together original essays from an international range of academics and film critics highlighting the achievements, complexities and potential of film criticism. In recent years, in contrast to the theoretical, historical and cultural study of film,...

As studio bosses, directors, and actors, Jews have been heavily involved in film history and vitally involved in all aspects of film production. Yet Jewish characters have been represented onscreen in stereotypical and disturbing ways, while Jews have also helped to produce some of the most troubling...