Fifty Key American Films

ISBN-13: 9780415772969 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 270 str.

John White;Sabine Haenni

Opis

Fifty Key American Films explores and contextualises some of the most important films ever made in the United States. With case studies from the early years of cinema to the present day, this comprehensive Key Guide provides accessible analyses from a range of theoretical perspectives. This chronologically ordered volume includes coverage of:

• Citizen Kane
• Casablanca
• Psycho
• Taxi Driver
• Blade Runner
• Pulp Fiction

Amongst a raft of well-known films, the work of some of America s best known directors, such as Lynch, Scorsese, Coppola and Scott, is discussed. This book is essential reading for students of film, and will be of interest to anyone seeking to explore the impact of American cinema."

Fifty Key American Films provides a chance to look at fifty of the best American films ever made such as The Big Sleep, High Noon and The Wizard of Oz, from a cultural studies perspective. As well as a raft of well-known examples from the big screen, the careers of America’s best known talent, such as Spielberg, Kubrick, Scorcese and Stone are defined and discussed. This is essential reading for anyone interested in film.

Recenzje

'Fifty Key American Films is a book full of good, well-crafter writing about cinema' - MEA

Spis treści

Birth of a Nation (1915) Sabine Haenni; Sherlock Jr (1924) Jennifer Peterson; Sunrise (1927) Sabine Haenni; The Wild Party (1929) Nick Davis; Applause (1929) Paul Young; Scarface (1932) Sabine Haenni; Freaks (1932) Jennifer Peterson; Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) Neil Sinyard; It Happened One Night (1934) Neil Sinyard; Modern Times (1936) Elliot Shapiro; Gone With the Wind (1939) Neil Sinyard; Stagecoach (1939) Dave Allen; His Girl Friday (1940) Elliot Shapiro; Citizen Kane (1941) Robert Shail; Cat People (1942) Simon Ward; Casablanca (1942) John White; Double Indemnity (1944) Oliver Gaycken; Mildred Pierce (1945) Sarah Barrow; Gun Crazy (1949) John White; Singin’ in the Rain (1952) Elliot Shapiro; On the Waterfront (1954) John White; Rebel without a Cause (1955) Sabine Haenni; The Searchers (1956) John White; Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1956) Lincoln Geraghty; Psycho (1960) John White; The Misfits (1961) Nigel Wheale; The West Side Story (1961) Sabine Haenni; Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Sarah Barrow; Night of the Living Dead (1968) Adam Lowenstein; The Wild Bunch (1969) Sabine Haenni; Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971) Paula J. Massood; The Godfather (1972) Sabine Haenni; Chinatown (1974) Elliot Shapiro; Taxi Driver (1976) John White; Killer of Sheep (1977) Keith M. Harris; Star Wars (1977) Paul Young; Apocalypse Now (1979) John White; Blade Runner (1982) Nigel Wheale; Blue Velvet (1982) Jennifer Peterson; Aliens (1986) Freddie Gaffney; sex, lies, and videotape (1989) Sarah Casey Benyahia; Do the Right Thing (1989) Michael B. Gillespie; Thelma and Louise (1991) Jean Welsh; Daughters of the Dust (1991) Terri Francis; Short Cuts (1993) Sabine Haenni; Pulp Fiction (1994) Sarah Casey Benyahia; Dead Man (1995) Lynda Townsend; Se7en (1995) John White; The Incredibles (2004) Nick Davis; Brokeback Mountain (2005) Nick Davis