A Companion to Martin Scorsese is a comprehensive collection of original essays assessing the career of one of America's most prominent contemporary filmmakers.

• Contains contributions from prominent scholars in North America and Europe that use a variety of analytic approaches
• Offers fresh interpretations of some of Scorsese's most influential films, including Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Gangs of New York, and Hugo
• Considers Scorsese's place within the history of American and world...

A Companion to Robert Altman presents myriad aspects of Altman's life, career, influence and historical context. This book features 23 essays from a range of experts in the field, providing extensive coverage of these aspects and dimensions of Altman's work.

• The most expansive and wide-ranging book yet published on Altman, providing a comprehensive account of Altman's complete career
• Provides discussion and analysis of generally neglected aspects of Altman's career, including the significance of his work in television and industrial film, the...

Once regarded as irrelevant by the Hollywood he helped to establish, D.W. Griffith is now considered one of the most important directors in film history. Griffith was instrumental in the emergence of cinema′s transitional period of the early 20th Century, when the nickelodeon–era short gave way to the multi–reel feature, and when motion pictures became both a national pastime and a form of artistic expression. His crucial role in the development of filmic style and narrative conventions made him one of the first auteurs of the American cinema and a key figure in its aesthetic...