CiNii Books - On the history of film style

The study of cinematic style has in many ways shaped attitudes towards films. Style assigns films to a tradition, distinguishes a classic and signals the arrival of an innovation. This book aims to show how film scholars have attempted to explain stylistic continuity and change across the history of cinema. The author explores the theories of style launched by Andre Bazin, Noel Burch and other film historians. In the process he celebrates a century of cinema, integrating discussions of the film classics such as "The Birth of a Nation" and "Citizen Cane", with analysis of more current box-office successes such as "Jaws" and "The Hunt For Red October". The contributions of noted and neglected directors are examined, and the author considers the earliest film making, the accomplishments of the silent era, the development of Hollywood, and the strides taken by European and Asian cinema in recent years. The book proposes that stylistic developments often arise from filmmakers' search for solutions to production problems. The author traces this activity across history through a detailed discussion of cinematic staging.

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Part 1 The way movies look - the significence of stylistic history. Part 2 Defending and defining the seventh art - the standard version of stylistic history: a developing repertoire - the basic story
film culture and basic story
the standard version - central assumptions
coming to terms with sound
Bordeche, Brasillach and standard version. Part 3 Against the seventh art - Andre Bazin and the dialectical programme: a new avant-garde
the evolution of film language
toward an impure cinema
from stylistic history to thematic criticism. Part 4 The return of modernism - Noel Burch and the oppositional programme: radicalizing form
the institutional mode and its others
living shadows and distant observers. Part 5 Prospects for progress - recent research programmes: piecemeal history
culture, vision and the perpetually new
problems and solutions. Exceptionally exact perceptions - on staging in depth: ideology and depth
making the image intelligible
dumb giants
depth, decoupage and camera movement
redefining mise en scene
expanding the image and compresing depth
eclecticism and archaism.

Volume: : pbk ISBN 9780674634299

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The study of cinematic style has in many ways shaped attitudes towards films. Style assigns films to a tradition, distinguishes a classic and signals the arrival of an innovation. This book aims to show how film scholars have attempted to explain stylistic continuity and change across the history of cinema. The author explores the theories of style launched by Andre Bazin, Noel Burch and other film historians. In the process he celebrates a century of cinema, integrating discussions of the film classics such as "The Birth of a Nation" and "Citizen Cane", with analysis of more current box-office successes such as "Jaws" and "The Hunt For Red October". The contributions of noted and neglected directors are examined, and the author considers the earliest film making, the accomplishments of the silent era, the development of Hollywood, and the strides taken by European and Asian cinema in recent years. The book proposes that stylistic developments often arise from filmmakers' search for efficient solutions to production problems. The author traces this activity across history through a detailed discussion of cinematic staging.

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The Way Movies Look: The Significance of Stylistic History Defending and Defining the Seventh Art: The Standard Version of Stylistic History A Developing Repertoire: The Basic Story Film Culture and the Basic Story The Standard Version: Central Assumptions Coming to Terms with Sound Bardeche, Brasillach, and the Standard Version Against the Seventh Art: Andre Bazin and the Dialectical Program A New Avant-Garde The Evolution of Film Language Toward an Impure Cinema From Stylistic History to Thematic Criticism The Return of Modernism: Noel Burch and the Oppositional Program Radicalizing Form The Institutional Mode and Its Others Living Shadows and Distant Observers Prospects for Progress: Recent Research Programs Piecemeal History Culture, Vision, and the Perpetually New Problems and Solutions Exceptionally Exact Perceptions: On Staging in DepthIdeology and Depth Making the Image Intelligible Dumb Giants Depth, Decoupage, and Camera Movement Redefining Mise en Scene Expanding the Image and Compressing Depth Eclecticism and Archaism Notes Index

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