American Cinema/American Culture
Developed to accompany the Annenberg-funded telecourse American Cinema,and written under the aegis of The New York Center for Visual History,this text offers a fascinating look at the interplay between the movie industry and mass culture in America. \ Ideal for film appreciation and film and culture courses found in Cinema Studies,English,History,American Studies,or other departments,American Cinema/American Culture first examines the industry,its narrative conventions,and its cinematographic...
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Ideal for Introduction to American Cinema courses, American Film History courses, and Introductory Film Appreciation courses focused on American Film, this text offers a cultural examination of the American movie-making industry, with particular attention paid to the economic and aesthetic institution of Hollywood.
PrefaceIntroductionCh. 1The Emergence of the Cinema as an Institution3Ch. 2Classical Hollywood Cinema: Narration21Ch. 3Classical Hollywood Cinema: Style41Ch. 4The Studio System61Ch. 5The Star System83Ch. 6Silent Film Melodrama117Ch. 7American Comedy135Ch. 8The War Film164Ch. 9Film Noir: Somewhere in the Night184Ch. 10The Making of the West206Ch. 11Hollywood and the Cold War233Ch. 12Hollywood in the Age of Television257Ch. 13The 1960s: the Counterculture Strikes Back275Ch. 14The Film School Generation298Ch. 15Into the 1990s: Bringing It All Back Home322Glossary of Terms347Index355
