As cinema industries around the globe adjusted to the introduction of synch-sound technology, the Soviet Union was also shifting culturally, politically, and ideologically from the heterogeneous film industry of the 1920s to the centralized industry of the 1930s, and from the avant-garde to Socialist Realism.
She Animates examines the work of twelve female animation directors in the Soviet Union and Russia, who have long been overlooked by film scholars and historians.
In the 1970s, cities across the United States and Western Europe faced a deep social and political crisis that challenged established principles of planning, economics and urban theory.
Postcolonial Hangups in Southeast Asian Cinema: Poetics of Space, Sound, and Stability rethinks theory and style through films that bring the limits of traditional postcolonial frameworks into stark relief.
The persistent popularity of the detective narrative, new obsessions with psychological and supernatural disturbances, as well as the resurgence of older narratives of mystery or the Gothic all constitute a vast proportion of contemporary film and television productions.
The persistent popularity of the detective narrative, new obsessions with psychological and supernatural disturbances, as well as the resurgence of older narratives of mystery or the Gothic all constitute a vast proportion of contemporary film and television productions.
The book examines the links between literature and film in Latin America by using queer theory and a series of recent cultural productions whose arguments destabilize traditional gender roles and heteronormative masculinity.
The book examines the links between literature and film in Latin America by using queer theory and a series of recent cultural productions whose arguments destabilize traditional gender roles and heteronormative masculinity.
The book examines the links between literature and film in Latin America by using queer theory and a series of recent cultural productions whose arguments destabilize traditional gender roles and heteronormative masculinity.
Archiving the Pastuncoversthe story of the women inFrance who, from the 1920s to the 1970s, played critical roles in the production of global cinemas history: asarchivistscharged with collecting films and other materials, aswitnessestasked with remembering their own film careers, and asactivistscommitted to recovering womens contributions to film history.
Land Cinema in an Age of Extractionconsiders nonfiction filmmakers and film collectives whose work advancesan understanding of land as a locus of social and environmental responsibility.
Archiving the Pastuncoversthe story of the women inFrance who, from the 1920s to the 1970s, played critical roles in the production of global cinemas history: asarchivistscharged with collecting films and other materials, aswitnessestasked with remembering their own film careers, and asactivistscommitted to recovering womens contributions to film history.
Land Cinema in an Age of Extractionconsiders nonfiction filmmakers and film collectives whose work advancesan understanding of land as a locus of social and environmental responsibility.
Guy Debord, founder of the Situationist International and fomenter of the May 1968 revolt in France, was also the creator of six tantalizingly inaccessible films.
The radical youth movements of the 1960s and '70s gave rise to both militant political groups ranging from urban guerrilla groups to autonomist counterculture, as well as radical media, including radio, music, film, video, and television.
The radical youth movements of the 1960s and '70s gave rise to both militant political groups ranging from urban guerrilla groups to autonomist counterculture, as well as radical media, including radio, music, film, video, and television.
Filmkultur ist mehr und Anderes als Werk und Kino und zeigt sich etwa auch im produktions- und publikumsseitigen Begleitmaterial, auf bedruckten Kaffeetassen und anderen Formen von Merchandising, in Alltagsunterhaltungen, Fandiskursen und naturlich in allen Arten der Filmberichterstattung oder -kritik.
Highlighting Floridas essential, often overlooked role in shaping American film and television Motion Picture Paradise is a sweeping story of filmmaking in Florida, featuring the activities of studios and filmmakers across the peninsula by looking at the many iconic films and television shows shot in the state.
"e;Weimar, weiblich"e; widmet sich einem weitgehend unbekannten Kapitel der deutschen Filmgeschichte - dem weiblichen Filmschaffen hinter der Kamera zu Zeiten der Weimarer Republik.
This book examines the potential of audiovisual accounts of the past as a form of history making and dismisses the view of academic historians that history films are of no value.
This book examines the potential of audiovisual accounts of the past as a form of history making and dismisses the view of academic historians that history films are of no value.
While current scholarly interest has assured Marshall McLuhan's (1911-80) foundational status as a media theorist, much room still exists for further exploration of his writings, which have taken on additional layers of significance in our contemporary digital moment.
While current scholarly interest has assured Marshall McLuhan's (1911-80) foundational status as a media theorist, much room still exists for further exploration of his writings, which have taken on additional layers of significance in our contemporary digital moment.
