American cinema/American culture
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American cinema/American culture
McGraw-Hill, c2005
2nd ed
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Includes filmographies
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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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