European art cinema includes some of the most famous films in cinema history. It is elite filmmaking that stands in direct opposition to popular cinema; and yet, it also has an intimate relationship with Hollywood.
This guidebook sketches successive phases of art cinema in Europe from its early beginnings of putting Shakespeare s plays on the screen, through movements such as Expressionism and Surrealism, to the New Waves of the 1960s and more recent incarnations like Dogme 95. Using film examples, John White examines basic critical approaches to art cinema such as semiotics...
European art cinema includes some of the most famous films in cinema history. It is elite filmmaking that stands in direct opposition to popular ci...
European art cinema includes some of the most famous films in cinema history. It is elite filmmaking that stands in direct opposition to popular cinema; and yet, it also has an intimate relationship with Hollywood.
This guidebook sketches successive phases of art cinema in Europe from its early beginnings of putting Shakespeare's plays on the screen, through movements such as Expressionism and Surrealism, to the New Waves of the 1960s and more recent incarnations like Dogme 95. Using film examples, John White examines basic critical approaches to art cinema such as semiotics...
European art cinema includes some of the most famous films in cinema history. It is elite filmmaking that stands in direct opposition to popular ci...
The story of black emancipation is one of the most dramatic themes of American history, covering racism, murder, poverty and extreme heroism. Figures such as Malcolm X and Martin Luther King are the demigods of the freedom movements, both film and household figures.
This major text explores the African-American experience of the twentieth century with particular reference to six outstanding race leaders. Their philosophies and strategies for racial advancement are compared and set against the historical framework and constraints within which they functioned.
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The story of black emancipation is one of the most dramatic themes of American history, covering racism, murder, poverty and extreme heroism. Figur...
What starts out as a seemingly impossible dream conceived as a teenager, turns into John's personal quest to stand on top of the highest point of every state in the United States of America. He almost accomplished his dream, but on a high ridgeline on his 44th mountain, he was struck by a bolt of lightning in the midst of a freak storm. The fear that hit him at that moment prevented him from ever climbing another mountain again. Many challenges and obstacles faced John during his adventures, but he was always able to persevere until that fateful day on top of Utah when all his highpointing...
What starts out as a seemingly impossible dream conceived as a teenager, turns into John's personal quest to stand on top of the highest point of ever...