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Title Traditions in world cinema / edited by Linda Badley, R. Barton Palmer and Steven Jay Schneider
Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 266 pages) : illustrations
Series Traditions in world cinema
Traditions in world cinema.
Contents German expressionism / J.P. Telotte -- Italian neorealism / Peter Bondanella -- The French new wave / Richard Neupert -- The British new wave / R. Barton Palmer -- The Czechoslovak new wave / Peter Hames -- Danish dogma / Linda Badley -- Post-Communist cinema / Christina Stojanova -- Post-cinema novo Brazilian cinema / Randal Johnson-- New Argentine cinema / Myrto Konstantarakos -- Early cinematic traditions in Africa / Roy Armes -- Israeli persecution films / Nitzan Ben-Shaul -- New Iranian cinema / Negar Mottahedeh -- Popular Hindi cinema and the film song / Corey Creekmur -- Chinese melodrama / Stephen Teo -- Japanese horror cinema / Jay McRoy -- The "new" American cinema / Robert Kolker -- The global art of found footage cinema / Adrian Danks
Summary The core volume in the Traditions in World Cinema series, this book brings together a colourful and wide-ranging collection of world cinematic traditions - national, regional and global - all of which are in need of introduction, investigation and, in some cases, critical reassessment. Topics include: German expressionism, Italian neorealism, French New Wave, British new wave, Czech new wave, Danish Dogma, post-Communist cinema, Brazilian post-Cinema Novo, new Argentine cinema, pre-revolutionary African traditions, Israeli persecution films, new Iranian cinema, Hindi film songs, Chinese wenyi pian melodrama, Japanese horror, new Hollywood cinema and global found footage cinema. Key Features Includes a preface by Toby Miller. Each chapter covers a key world cinema tradition and is written by an expert in the field: Roy Armes, Nitzan Ben-Shaul, Peter Bondanella, Corey Creekmur, Adrian Danks, Peter Hames, Randal Johnson, Robert Kolker, Myrto Konstantarakos, Jay McRoy, Negar Mottahedeh, Richard Neupert, Christina Stojanova, J.P. Telotte, Stephen Teo. Traditions are examined from a wide range of views and include historical, social, cultural and industrial perspectives
Analysis Motion pictures
Bibliography Includes filmographies, bibliographical references and index
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Subject Motion pictures -- History.
Motion pictures -- Reviews.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- General.
Motion pictures
Film.
Music, Dance, Drama & Film.
Genre/Form History
Reviews
Form Electronic book
Author Badley, Linda, editor.
Palmer, R. Barton, 1946- editor.
Schneider, Steven Jay, 1974- editor.
ISBN 0748626263
9780748626267
661064313X
9786610643134