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Flashback: A Brief History of Film, 5/E
Louis Giannetti
Scott Eyman

ISBN-10: 0131874578
ISBN-13: 9780131874572

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 574 pp
Published: 07/07/2005

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For undergraduate courses in Introduction to Film and Film History in departments of English and Communication.

Flashback is a succinct history of film from the 1890s to the present. The main emphasis is on the art of film, but secondarily on the motion picture business, the ever changing technology, and the impact of these movies on their audiences. The book was written for instructors who want a basic film history that is reader friendly, well illustrated with photos from key movies, and clearly organized by decade, allowing instructors maximum flexibility in terms of reading assignments.

 

Q: Would you like to cover recent film history in your course?

A: NEW! Inclusion of a new chapter, Global Cinema Since 2000, which highlights major developments in cinema around the globe since the new millennium. Includes such recent titles as Face/Off, Saving Private Ryan, Good Will Hunting, The English Patient, and Life Is Beautiful. (p. 532)

Q: Is it important to you to examine American and International film history in your course?

A: Flashback encompasses the entire spectrum, both American and foreign, from the 1890s to 1999. (p. V)

  • In addition, each chapter contains a historical timeline which highlights major political, social, and cultural events for the ten-year period. (pp 129, 317, 419)

Q: Are you searching for a text your students can understand and enjoy at the same time?

A: With a reader-friendly prose throughout, Flashback is highly accessible for students, and helps to increase their understanding of essential terms.

  • Includes hundreds of still photographs, many never before reprinted, to faciltate discussions on visual style and major actors.
  • Informative chapter head summaries allow students the opportunity to preview the chapter's contents. (pp 420, 444, 533)

Q: Would you like to cover recent film history in your course?

A: NEW! Inclusion of a new Chapter entitled Global Cinema Since 2000, which highlights major developments in cinema around the globe since the new millennium. (p 532)

Preface

About the Author

1. Beginnings.


 2. Griffith and His Contemporaries: 1908–1920.


 3. American Cinema in the 1920s.

    Major Filmmakers

    Talkies


 4. European Cinema in the 1920s.

    Soviet Union

    Germany

    France


 5. The Hollywood Studio System.

    The Box Office

    The Studio System

    The Star System

    The System of Genres


 6. American Cinema in the 1930s.

    The Talkie Era

    New Genres:  Gangster Pictures, Musicals, Screwball Comedy

    Major Filmmakers


 7. European Cinema in the 1930s.

    Germany

    Great Britian

    France


 8. American Cinema in the 1940s.

    Decline of the Studio System

    World War II

    Major Filmmakers

    Film Noir and Postwar Realism


 9. European Cinema in the 1940s.

    Germany

    France

    Soviet Union

    Great Britian

    Italy


10. American Cinema in the 1950s.

    New Screens

    The Red Scare

    Social Realism

    Method Acting

    Major Filmmakers


11. International Cinema in the 1950s.

    Japan

    Ingmar Bergman

    Federico Fellini

    France


12. American Cinema in the 1960s.

    The Bloated Era

    Major Filmmakers

    New Directions


13. International Cinema in the 1960s.

    France

    Great Britian

    Italy

    Eastern Europe


14. American Cinema in the 1970s.

    The Vietnam-Watergate Era

    The New Cinema

    Major Figures


15. International Cinema in the 1970s.

    Great Britian

    France

    West Germany

    Italy

    Eastern Europe

    Australia

    The Third World


16. American Cinema in the 1980s.

    Technology and the Marketplace

    The Reagan Era

    The Mainstream

    The Mavericks


17. International Cinema in the 1980s.

    Great Britian

    Western Europe

    U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe

    The Third World

    Japan


18. American Cinema in the 1990s.

    The Hollywood Studios

    The Bright Side

    Major Filmmakers

    The Independent Cinema

19. International Cinema in the 1990s.

    Hollywood Uber Alles

    Great Britian

    Ireland

    Continental Europe

    Emerging Cinemas

    Australia and New Zealand

20.  Global Cinema since 2000.

    Europe

    Islamic Cinema

    Hong Kong/China

    United States

    The Hollywood Studios

    Technology and the Marketplace

    Major Figures and Trends

    Emerging Artists

Glossary

Index


Glossary.


Index.

For Film History


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