American cinema/American culture

Description:

Developed to accompany the Annenberg-funded telecourse American Cinema, and written under the aegis of The New York Center for Visual History, this text offers a fascinating look at the interplay between the movie industry and mass culture in America. Ideal for film appreciation and film and culture courses found in Cinema Studies, English, History, American Studies, or other departments, American Cinema/American Culture first examines the industry, its narrative conventions, and its cinematographic style. Following this introduction, students are exposed to the sweep of film history in the U.S. using five genres as the bases for discussion and focusing on the point at which each had the greatest affect on the industry, film aesthetics, and American culture. Finally, the book concludes with a look at Hollywood post World War II, giving separate chapter coverage to the effects of the Cold War, television, the counterculture of the Sixties, directors from the film school generation, and the trends of the Eighties and Nineties.

subjects: Culture in motion pictures,  History,  Motion picture industry,  Motion pictures,  Popular culture,  Social aspects of Motion pictures,  Cinéma,  Culture populaire,  Histoire,  Aspect social,  Films,  Industrie,  Social aspects,  Film,  Motion pictures, united states,  Motion pictures, study and teaching,  Motion pictures, social aspects,  Popular culture, united states,  Literature,  Motion pictures--history,  Motion pictures--united states--history,  Motion picture industry--history,  Motion picture industry--united states--history,  Motion pictures--social aspects,  Motion pictures--social aspects--united states,  Popular culture--history,  Popular culture--united states--history--20th century,  Pn1993.5.u6 b365 1994,  791.43/0973

Places: United States,  États-Unis

Times: 20th century,  20e siècle