A World History of Film

Description

'A World History of Film' presents the entire history of motion pictures, from pre-cinema to the present. Providing a complete analysis of the principal films, directors, and national cinemas, it supplies a thorough grounding in the social, economic, and political circumstances critical to an understanding of film as both art and industry. In a highly readable narrative, Robert Sklar, one of the field's most eminent scholars, covers all significant periods and styles -- not only commercial films and classical Hollywood cinema but also animation, documentaries, international art cinema, and the cinematic avant-garde. With emphasis on the international relationships among film communities, chapters are devoted to such critical nodes of film history as early cinema, Soviet silent cinema, Hollywood genres, Italian neorealism, and the French New Wave. Substantial sections are also devoted to the films of Eastern Europe, Latin America, Japan, China, Africa, the Middle East, and India. Informative sidebars complement the main text, and cross-cultural timelines introduce the book's seven main parts. 00 - 01. Title page, Table of Contents, Preface 01 - 01. Emergence of Cinema timeline 01 - 02. Chapter One -- Cinema, Society, and Science 01 - 03. Chapter Two -- Early Cinema 01 - 04. Chapter Three -- Film as Art and Industry 02 - 05. The Silent Era timeline 02 - 06. Chapter Four -- The Global Spread of Film 02 - 07. Chapter Five -- Hollywood in the 1920s 02 - 08. Chapter Six -- The Cinemas of Europe 02 - 09. Chapter Seven -- Soviet Cinema 03 - 01. Classic Cinema timeline 03 - 02. Chapter Eight -- The Transition to Sound 03 - 03. Chapter Nine -- Hollywood Genres 03 - 04. Chapter Ten -- Meeting Hollywood's Challenge 03 - 05. Chapter Eleven -- Documentary, Propaganda, and Politics 03 - 06. Chapter Twelve -- Film and World War II 04 - 01. Postwar Transformation timeline 04 - 02. Chapter 13 -- Italian Neorealism 04 - 03. Chapter 14 -- Hollywood's Struggles 04 - 04. Chapter 15 -- Art Cinema of Europe and Asia 04 - 05. Chapter 16 -- Hollywood in the 1950s 05 - 01. The Revival of Cinema timeline 05 - 02. Chapter 17 -- The French New Wave 05 - 03. Chapter 18 -- Cinema of Liberation 05 - 04. Chapter 19 -- The New Documentary 05 - 05. Chapter 20 -- American Film... 06 - 01. The Expansion of Cinema timeline 06 - 02. Chapter 21 -- European Films of the 1960s and 1970s 06 - 03. Chapter 22 -- Hollywood Recovery 06 - 04. Chapter 23 -- The Cinematic Avante-Garde 06 - 05. Chapter 24 -- The Global Advance of Cinema 07 - 01. Cinema Begins its Second Century timeline 07 - 02. Chapter 25 -- English-Language Art Cinema 07 - 03. Chapter 26 -- New European Film 07 - 04. Chapter 27 -- World Cinema 07 - 05. Chapter 28 -- American Cinema 08 - 09. Bibliography, Glossary, Filmography 08. Index & Credits