History of British Film (Volume 3)

History of British Film (Volume 3)
Author: Rachael Low
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2013-09-13
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 113620606X

This set is one of the cornerstones of film scholarship, and one of the most important works on twentieth century British culture. Published between 1948 and 1985, the volumes document all aspects of film making in Britain from its origins in 1896 to 1939. Rachael Low pioneered the interpretation of films in their context, arguing that to understand films it was necessary to establish their context. Her seven volumes are an object lesson in meticulous research, lucid analysis and accessible style, and have become the benchmark in film history.

The History of British Film (Volume 7)

The History of British Film (Volume 7)
Author: Rachael Low
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2020-03-26
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1136206965

This set is one of the cornerstones of film scholarship, and one of the most important works on twentieth century British culture. Published between 1948 and 1985, the volumes document all aspects of film making in Britain from its origins in 1896 to 1939. Rachael Low pioneered the interpretation of films in their context, arguing that to understand films it was necessary to establish their context. Her seven volumes are an object lesson in meticulous research, lucid analysis and accessible style, and have become the benchmark in film history.

The History of British Film (Volume 6)

The History of British Film (Volume 6)
Author: Rachael Low
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2024-03-08
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 100380151X

This set is one of the cornerstones of film scholarship, and one of the most important works on twentieth century British culture. Published between 1948 and 1985, the volumes document all aspects of film making in Britain from its origins in 1896 to 1939. Rachael Low pioneered the interpretation of films in their context, arguing that to understand films it was necessary to establish their context. Her seven volumes are an object lesson in meticulous research, lucid analysis and accessible style, and have become the benchmark in film history.

The History of British Film (Volume 5)

The History of British Film (Volume 5)
Author: Rachael Low
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2020-03-27
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1136206612

This set is one of the cornerstones of film scholarship, and one of the most important works on twentieth century British culture. Published between 1948 and 1985, the volumes document all aspects of film making in Britain from its origins in 1896 to 1939. Rachael Low pioneered the interpretation of films in their context, arguing that to understand films it was necessary to establish their context. Her seven volumes are an object lesson in meticulous research, lucid analysis and accessible style, and have become the benchmark in film history.

The History of British Film (Volume 1)

The History of British Film (Volume 1)
Author: Rachael Low
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2020-03-25
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1136205500

This set is one of the cornerstones of film scholarship, and one of the most important works on twentieth century British culture. Published between 1948 and 1985, the volumes document all aspects of film making in Britain from its origins in 1896 to 1939. Rachael Low pioneered the interpretation of films in their context, arguing that to understand films it was necessary to establish their context. Her seven volumes are an object lesson in meticulous research, lucid analysis and accessible style, and have become the benchmark in film history.

A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 3

A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 3
Author: Hamid Naficy
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 0822348772

"Covering the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first and addressing documentaries, popular genres, and art films, [this four-volume set] explains Iran's peculiar cinematic production modes, as well as the role of cinema and media in shaping modernity and a modern national identity in Iran."--Page 4 of cover.

A Short History of Film, Third Edition

A Short History of Film, Third Edition
Author: Wheeler Winston Dixon
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 525
Release: 2018-03-30
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0813595169

With more than 250 images, new information on international cinema—especially Polish, Chinese, Russian, Canadian, and Iranian filmmakers—an expanded section on African-American filmmakers, updated discussions of new works by major American directors, and a new section on the rise of comic book movies and computer generated special effects, this is the most up to date resource for film history courses in the twenty-first century.

Conjuring the Real

Conjuring the Real
Author: Rumiko Handa
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2011
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0803235429

Collection of lectures by distinguished scholars about the uses of architecture in literature, film, and theater.

The West Indian Generation

The West Indian Generation
Author: Amanda Bidnall
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2017-04-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 1786948036

The West Indian Generation: Remaking British Culture in London, 1945–1965 shows the progressive potential—and stultifying limits—of cultural collaboration between West Indian artists and entertainers who settled in London and the city’s engines of mainstream culture.