A short history of film /

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 mov...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dixon, Wheeler W., 1950- (Author)
Other Authors: Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
Edition:Third edition.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1609110
Table of Contents:
  • Timeline 1832-2017
  • The invention of the movies
  • The birth of an American industry
  • World cinema : the silent era
  • The Hollywood studio system in the 1930s and 1940s
  • International cinema through World War II
  • Postwar challenges to the movies
  • World cinema in the 1950s
  • The 1960s explosion
  • World cinema 1970 to the present
  • The new Hollywood.