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American Cinema and American Culture John Belton

American Cinema and American Culture By John Belton

American Cinema and American Culture by John Belton


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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.

American Cinema and American Culture Summary

American Cinema and American Culture by John Belton

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction PART ONE: THE MODE OF PRODUCTION 1. The Emergence of the Cinema as an Institution 2. Classical Hollywood Cinema: Narration 3. Classical Hollywood Cinema: Style 4. The Studio System 5. The Star System PART TWO: GENRE AND THE GENRE SYSTEM 6. Silent Film Melodrama 7. The Musical 8. American Comedy 9. War and Cinema 10. Film Noir: Somewhere in the Night 11. The Making of the West PART THREE: A POST-WAR HISTORY 12. Hollywood and the Cold War 13. Hollywood in the Age of Television 14. The 1960's: The Counterculture Strikes Back 15. The Film School Generation 16. Into the Twenty-First Century Glossary of Terms Index

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GOR002429192
9780072886276
0072886277
American Cinema and American Culture by John Belton
Used - Very Good
Paperback
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
2004-09-16
480
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