Film History: An Introduction
Written by two of the leading scholars in film studies, Film History: An Introduction is a comprehensive, global survey of the medium that covers the development of every genre in film, from drama and comedy to documentary and experimental. As with the authors' bestselling Film Art: An Introduction (now in its eighth edition), concepts and events are illustrated with frame enlargements taken from the original sources, giving students more realistic points of reference than competing books...
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Written by two of the leading scholars in film studies, Film History: An Introduction is a comprehensive, global survey of the medium that covers the development of every genre in film, from drama and comedy to documentary and experimental. As with the authors' bestselling Film Art: An Introduction (now in its eighth edition), concepts and events are illustrated with frame enlargements taken from the original sources, giving students more realistic points of reference than competing books that rely on publicity stills.The third edition of Film History is thoroughly updated and includes the first comprehensive overviews of the impact of globalization and digital technology on the cinema. Any serious film scholar—professor, undergraduate, or graduate student—will want to read and keep Film History.Visit the authorss blog at http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/
PrefaceIntroductionHistory, Historiography, and Film History: An Advanced IntroductionA Note on FormatPt. 1Early Cinema11The Invention and Early Years of the Cinema, 1880s-190432The International Expansion of the Cinema, 1905-1912263National Cinemas, Hollywood Classicism, and World War I, 1913-191953Pt. 2The Late Silent Era, 1919-1929834France in the 1920s855Germany in the 1920s1056Soviet Cinema in the 1920s1287The Late Silent Era in Hollywood, 1920-19281568International Trends of the 1920s183Pt. 3The Development of Sound Cinema, 1926-19452119The Introduction of Sound21310The Hollywood Studio System, 1930-194523311Other Studio Systems26512Cinema and the State: The USSR, Germany, and Italy, 1930-194529213France, 1930-1945: Poetic Realism, the Popular Front, and the Occupation32214Leftist, Documentary, and Experimental Cinemas, 1930-1945344Pt. 4The Postwar Era, 1946-1960s36915American Cinema in the Postwar Era, 1946-196737116Postwar European Cinema: Neorealism and Other Trends40617Postwar European Cinema: France, Scandinavia, and Britain43418Postwar Cinema Beyond the West45919Art Cinema and the Idea of Authorship49220New Waves and Young Cinemas, 1958-196751721Documentary and Experimental Cinema in the Postwar Era, 1945-Mid-1960s558Pt. 5The Contemporary Cinema: Since the 1960s59922Third World Cinema, 1960s-1970s: Mass Production and Revolutionary Politics60123Critical Political Cinema of the 1960s and 1970s63324Documentary and Experimental Film since the Late 1960s66725Hollywood's Fall and Rise: Since the 1960s69626New Cinemas and New Developments: Europe, the USSR, and the Pacific since the 1970s72327New Cinemas in Developing Countries since the 1970s762Conclusion797Bibliography805Glossary819Photo Credits825Index827
