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Film Dictionaries
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Filmmaker's Dictionary
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A reference tool, with over 1500 film terms, words, vocabulary, phrases, jargon, language expressions and definitions.
Call Number: Main Library - PN1993.45 .S56 2000ISBN: 1580650228Publication Date: 2000 -
A Dictionary of Film Studies
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Written by experts in the field and covers terms, concepts, debates, and movements in film theory and criticism; national, international, and transnational cinemas; film history, movements, and genres; film industry organizations and practices; and key technical terms and concepts.
ISBN: 0198832095Publication Date: 2020
Background & Reference Sources
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The Oxford History of World Cinema
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Tells the story of the major inventions and developments in the cinema business, its institutions, genres, and personnel; other chapters outline the evolution of national cinemas around the world - the varied and distinctive filmic traditions that have developed alongside Hollywood.
ISBN: 0198112572Publication Date: 1996 -
The Routledge Companion to Film History
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The Routledge Companion to Film History is an indispensable guide for anyone studying film history for the first time. The approach taken presents a substantial and readable overview of the field and provides students with a tool of reference that will be valuable throughout their studies. The volume is divided into two parts. The first is a set of eleven essays that approaches film history around the following themes: History of the moving image Film as art and popular culture Production process Evolution of sound Alternative modes: experimental, documentary, animation Cultural difference Film's relationship to history The second is a critical dictionary that explains concepts, summarizes debates in film studies, defines technical terms, describes major periods and movements, and discusses historical situations and the film industry.
ISBN: 0415776562Publication Date: 2010 -
Historical Dictionary of German Cinema
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The History of German film is diverse and multi-faceted. This volume can only suggest the richness of a film tradition that includes five distinct German governments Wilhelmine Germany, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), s well as a reunited Germany], two national industries (Germany and Austria), and a myriad of styles and production methods. Paradoxically, the political disruptions that have produced these distinct film eras, as well as and the natural inclination of artists to rebel and create new styles, allow for construction of a narrative of German film. Disjuncture generates distinct points of separation, and yet also highlights continuities between the ruptures. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of German Cinema contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 200 cross-referenced entries on directors, actors, films, cinematographers, composers, producers, and major historical events that greatly affected the direction and development of German cinema. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about German cinema.
Call Number: Main Library PN1993.5.G3 R417 2019ISBN: 9781538119396Publication Date: 2019 -
Rereading East Germany
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This volume is the first to address the culture of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) as a historical entity, but also to trace the afterlife of East Germany in the decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall. An international team of outstanding scholars offers essential and thought-provoking essays, combining a chronological and genre-based overview from the beginning of the GDR in 1949 to the unification in 1990 and beyond, with in-depth analysis of individual works. A final chapter traces the resonance of the GDR in the years since its demise and analyses the fascination it engenders. The volume provides a 'rereading' of East Germany and its legacy as a cultural phenomenon free from the prejudices that prevailed while it existed, offering English translations throughout, a guide to further reading and a chronology.
Call Number: Main Library PT3705 .R44 2015ISBN: 9780511902543Publication Date: 2015 -
West German Cinema, 1985-1990
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Along with more than 1,000 alphabetically listed West German movies, the book includes information on directors, actors, producers, camerapersons, music composers, and a cross-reference listing of English titles of all films contained in the filmography.
Call Number: Main Library PN1993.5.G3H426 1992ISBN: 9780810826472Publication Date: 1992
