Research Catalog

Title

World cinema : critical approaches / edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson ; consultant editors: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, Paul Willemen.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

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Additional Authors

• Hill, John (W. John)
• Gibson, Pamela Church
• Dyer, Richard
• Kaplan, E. Ann
• Willemen, Paul

Description

xv, 234 p. : ill., ports.; 25 cm.

Summary

This guide to international film covers areas as diverse as new German, Indian, and South American cinema. Chapters are written by experts, outlining debates in the field, and covering issues of genre and the impact of technological developments.

Subject

• Film criticism
• Motion pictures
• Motion picture industry

Genre/Form

• Motion pictures
• Films.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

General introduction / John Hill -- Redefining cinema: international and avant-garde alternatives. 1. Concepts of national cinema / Stephen Crofts ; 2. Modernism and the avant-gardes / Murray Smith ; 3. Realism, modernism, and post-colonial theory / Ashish Rajadhyaksha -- Redefining cinema: other genres. 4. The documentary / John Izod and Richard Kilborn ; 5. The animated film / Michael O'Pray -- European cinema. 6. Issues in European cinema / Ginette Vincendeau -- Case studies: movements, moments, and filmmakers. 7. The avant gardes and European cinema before 1930 / Ian Christie ; 8. Italian post-war cinema and neo-realism / Simona Monticelli ; 9. The French nouvelle vague / Jill Forbes ; 10. New German cinema / Ulrike Sieglohr ; 11. East Central European cinema / Daniel J. Goulding ; 12. European film policy and the response to Hollywood / Armand Mattelart ; 13. Directors and stars: (a) Jean Renoir / Keith Reader ; (b) Ingmar Bergman / Chris Darke ; (c) Chantal Akerman / Cathy Fowler ; (d) Pedro Almodóvar / José Arroyo ; (e) Luc Besson / Susan Hayward ; (f) Brigitte Bardot / Ginette Vincendeau. -- Anglophone national cinemas: Case studies. 14. British cinema / Andrew Higson ; 15. Ireland and cinema / Martin McLoone ; 16. Australian cinema / Elizabeth Jacka ; 17. Canadian cinema / Will Straw -- World cinema. 18. Issues in world cinema / Wimal Dissanayake -- Case-studies: cinemas of the world. 19. Indian cinema / Ashish Rajadhyaksha ; 20. Chinese cinema / Bérénice Reynaud ; 21. Hong Kong cinema (a) Discovery and pre-discovery / Stephen Teo ; (b) China and 1997 / N.K. Leung ; 22. Taiwanese new cinema / Kuan-Hsing Chen ; 23. Japanese cinema / Freda Freiberg ; 24. African cinema / N. Frank Ukadike ; 25. South American cinema / Julianne Burton-Carvajal -- Redefining cinema: film in a changing age. 26. Film and changing technologies / Laura Kipnis ; 27. Film and television / John Hill -- List of picture sources and readings -- Index of selected names and film titles.

ISBN

0198742827

OCLC

• 42835327
• SCSB-11344087

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library