The fourth edition of this text contains substantial revisions, with additional chapters and illustrations. It provides updated filmogrophies of nearly all living directors mentioned in the book, and there are sections on films and cinematic traditions that have received scholarly attention.

Based on hundreds of interviews with directors such as Coppola, Scorsese, Hopper and Spielberg, as well as producers, stars, studio executives, writers, spouses, ex-spouses, and girlfriends, this is the story of the crazy world that the directors ruled.

Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and her grandfather, Hugo's undercover life and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy.

Offers a comprehensive survey of film - from the backlots of Hollywood, across the United States, and around the world. As in the authors' Film Art , the concepts and events in this title are illustrated with frame enlargements, aiming to give students realistic points of reference.

Designed specifically for undergraduates on film theory courses, this history of the documentary film has been revised and updated to take into account the major films and film trends of the 1980s and 1990s. Emphasis is placed on documentary film-making in the former Soviet Union.

Reissue of the legendary underground classic of Hollywood's darkest and best kept secrets!

An introduction to the analysis of cinema. This work provides an introduction to the fundamentals of serious film study, followed by the chapters on Film Genres. It is supported by a text-specific Tutorial CD-ROM with video clips.

An explosive expose of the men who changed independent cinema for ever in the 1990s

Documenting the distinctive history of early American cinema, this study describes how motion pictures were developed and represented. It covers the creation and growth of the first US film companies, and the development of different styles of film production and distribution.

Beginning with a general overview of film noir and covering its most important themes chapter by chapter (lovers plan murder, corrupt police, doomed love, psychological noir, etc.), this coplously illustrated handbook provides instant and in-depth access to the film noir genre for amateurs and aflclonados alike.

Praised as the best modern survey of the silent period (New Republic), this indispensable history tells you everything you need to know about American silent film, from the nickelodeons in the early 1900s to the birth of the first talkies in the late 1920s. The author provides vivid descriptions of classic pictures such as The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, Sunrise, The Covered Wagon, and ..

Based on impeccable research, private papers and interviews with Hitchcock's cinematic collaborators, this award-winning biography reveals a distant and demanding taskmaster, capable of astonishing acts of cruelty, and yet who left an indelible mark on world cinema.

Features a history of World Cinema. This book traces the history of the twentieth-century's popular entertainment form, covering different aspects of its development, stars, studios, and cultural impact. It is intended for students and general readers.

* 'A History of Hollywood, Its Money and Dreams - and what it did to us'

If you were one of the girls , as early Hollywood described Sapphic stars, lesbian affairs lent an edge to both your life and your work. This book lifts the veil from the lives of such powerful and uninhibited Hollywood goddesses as Nazimova, Dietrich, Bankhead and Garbo.

A film reference which includes entries on - directors, producers, stars, screenwriters, and cinematographers; styles, genres, and schools of filmmaking; motion picture studios and film centers; film-related organizations and events; industry jargon and technical terms; and, inventions, inventors, and equipment.

The fascinating story of the making of the most influential SF film ever made, republished to coincide with the film's cinematic re-release. It contains exclusive production photos; an exclusive interview with Ridley Scott, cast interviews - including an entirely new interview with Harrison Ford - one of the very last interviews make with Philip K. Dick, and a complete annotated bibliography.

Offering a framework for understanding German film of the 1920s, the author shows how films such as The Cabinet of Dr Caligari , Pandora's Box and The Blue Angel are key films in defining a nation uneasy with itself and troubled by a modernity that was to have devastating consequences.

Haidee Wasson provides a rich cultural history of cinema's transformation from a passing amusement to an enduring art form by mapping the creation of the Film Library of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, established in 1935. The first North American film archive and museum, the film library pioneered an expansive moving image network, comprising popular, abstract, animated, American, ...