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A history of Latin American cinema, with detailed analysis of the twenty-five best films. Latin American cinema has seen major developments in the past half-century, and some of the most exciting work in contemporary film now originates there. This Companion traces its development from the mid 1890s, with particular attention to the early period when it was dominated by foreign film makers (or foreign models such as Hollywood), through the 1960s when as a genre it found its feet - the New Latin American Cinema movement - and beyond. Detailed analysis of the best twenty-five films of Latin America follows: cast and crew, awards, plots, themes and techniques. The 'Guide to Further Reading' includes important books, articles and Internet sites. FILMS:Que viva México Los olvidados Dos tipos de cuidado Orfeu Negro Memorias del subdesarrollo Lucía El chacal de Nahueltoro Yawar Mallku La batalla de Chile La última cena Pixote: a lei do mais fraco El Norte CamilaLa historia oficial Cartas del parque La tarea Yo, la peor de todas La frontera El viaje Fresa y chocolate Como agua para chocolate Central do Brasil Amores perros Y tu mamá también Cidade de Deus. STEPHEN M. HART is Professor of Hispanic Studies, University College London, and Profesor Honorario, Universidad de San Marcos, Lima.
Motion pictures --- Film Analysis. --- Foreign Film Makers. --- Latin American Cinema. --- Latin American cinema. --- Modern Film. --- New Latin American Cinema. --- Twenty-Five Best Films. --- Western literature. --- awards. --- best films. --- cast. --- crew. --- narrative. --- plots. --- techniques. --- themes.
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"What makes a good movie? How can one analyse a film accordingly without primarily interpreting it? Dramaturgy can enrich film understanding, for those who make films, as well as for those who want to understand better why they are made how. Film Dramaturgy supports the creative process of filmmaking, especially the work of the authors, directors and producers. Students and professionals who are involved in the creation of a film also benefit from this knowledge. The understanding of dramaturgy supports film analysis and film criticism too. In some regions of the world, dramaturgy is well established; in other parts, it is less familiar. This book provides a basic introduction to modern film dramaturgy. It emerges from academic research drawn from professional practice. It addresses students, scholars, colleagues, filmmakers and all professionals involved in making films, videos, audio-visual time-based media productions"
(Zielgruppe)Fachpublikum/ Wissenschaft --- (BISAC Subject Heading)PER011030: PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Playwriting --- (BIC subject category)APF: Films, cinema --- Dramaturgy --- Film --- Film Dramaturgy --- Introduction --- Kerstin --- Modern --- Modern Film --- Poetic Cinema --- Stutterheim --- (BISAC Subject Heading)PER004000 --- Motion picture authorship
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Cinema is a truly global phenomenon and screenwriters who limit their ambitions to Hollywood can unnecessarily limit their careers. This book, loaded with information on every page, provides the practical know-how for breaking into the global marketplace. It is the first book to offer specific advice on writing for screens large and small, around the world from Hollywood to New Zealand, from Europe to Russia, and for alternative American markets including Native American, regional, and experimental. The book provides valuable insider information, such as * Twenty-five percent of German television is written by Hollywood writers. Screenwriters just need to know how to reach that market. * Many countries, including those in the European Union, have script development money available-to both foreign and local talent--from government-sponsored film funds. * The Web's influence on the film industry has been profound, and here you can find out how to network through the Web. The book also lists the key Web addresses for writers. Andrew Horton, author of two acclaimed books on screenwriting, includes personal essays by accomplished screenwriters from around the world and offers insightful case studies of several films and television scripts, among them My Big Fat Greek Wedding; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; and The Sopranos. Full of endless enthusiasm for great films and great scripts, this book will be an essential resource for both aspiring writers and accomplished writers hoping to expand their horizons, improve their skills, and increase their chances for success.Includes an interview with Terry Gilliam and contributions from Bernard Gordon, writer for The Day of the Triffids and The Thin Red Line; Lew Hunter, Chair of Screenwriting at UCLA; Karen Hall, writer/producer for Judging Amy and M*A*S*H; and other screenwriters
Motion picture authorship. --- alternative film markets. --- america. --- aspiring writers. --- career. --- case studies. --- cinema scholars. --- europe. --- experimental film. --- film careers. --- film industry. --- film studies. --- global cinema. --- global market. --- globalization. --- hollywood. --- hong kong. --- insider perspective. --- modern film. --- movie scripts. --- native americans. --- new zealand. --- nonfiction essays. --- nonfiction guide. --- online networking. --- practical advice. --- regional film. --- russia. --- screenwriters. --- screenwriting. --- television and film.
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The Garden in the Machine explores the evocations of place, and particularly American place, that have become so central to the representational and narrative strategies of alternative and mainstream film and video. Scott MacDonald contextualizes his discussion with a wide-ranging and deeply informed analysis of the depiction of place in nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature, painting, and photography. Accessible and engaging, this book examines the manner in which these films represent nature and landscape in particular, and location in general. It offers us both new readings of the films under consideration and an expanded sense of modern film history. Among the many antecedents to the films and videos discussed here are Thomas Cole's landscape painting, Thoreau's Walden, Olmsted and Vaux's Central Park, and Eadweard Muybridge's panoramic photographs of San Francisco. MacDonald analyzes the work of many accomplished avant-garde filmmakers: Kenneth Anger, Bruce Baillie, James Benning, Stan Brakhage, Nathaniel Dorsky, Hollis Frampton, Ernie Gehr, Larry Gottheim, Robert Huot, Peter Hutton, Marjorie Keller, Rose Lowder, Marie Menken, J.J. Murphy, Andrew Noren, Pat O'Neill, Leighton Pierce, Carolee Schneemann, and Chick Strand. He also examines a variety of recent commercial feature films, as well as independent experiments in documentary and such contributions to independent video history as George Kuchar's Weather Diaries and Ellen Spiro's Roam Sweet Home. MacDonald reveals the spiritual underpinnings of these works and shows how issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and class are conveyed as filmmakers attempt to discover forms of Edenic serenity within the Machine of modern society. Both personal and scholarly, The Garden in the Machine will be an invaluable resource for those interested in investigating and experiencing a broader spectrum of cinema in their teaching, in their research, and in their lives.
Motion pictures --- Experimental films --- Scenery (Motion pictures) --- Setting (Motion pictures) --- Setting and scenery. --- History and criticism. --- Art direction --- Iconography --- Film --- 1900s. --- 19th century. --- 20th century. --- academic. --- american history. --- avant garde film. --- bruce baillie. --- carolee schneemann. --- central park. --- easy to understand. --- ernie gehr. --- film history. --- film studies. --- filmmakers. --- geography. --- hollis frampton. --- james benning. --- kenneth anger. --- landscape painting. --- landscape. --- larry gottheim. --- literature. --- location. --- mainstream film. --- modern film. --- nathaniel dorsky. --- natural world. --- nature. --- painting. --- peter hutton. --- photographer. --- photography. --- place. --- regional. --- san francisco. --- scholarly. --- stan brakhage. --- walden.
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First Cut 2: More Conversations with Film Editors presents a new collection of twelve interviews with award-winning film editors who discuss the art and craft of editing in the twenty-first century. As a follow-up to the successful First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors (now celebrating its 20th anniversary), this new volume explores the transition of editing from the age of celluloid to the digital age. These extraordinarily articulate editors share their passion about film, offer detailed practical examples from their films to explain their process as well as their challenges, and imbue each interview with unique personality, humor, and cinematic insights. First Cut 2 continues the tradition of the first volume by interviewing both fiction and documentary editors, contributing to a rich, holistic appreciation of editing. It also introduces a significant interview with an independent filmmaker/editor to emphasize today's multiple opportunities for aspiring filmmakers to make their own "small films" and achieve success. Together with the first volume, First Cut 2 offers a panoramic survey of film editing and preserves its history through the voices of its practitioners. The stories told will engage students, inform general filmgoers, and even enlighten industry professionals.
Motion pictures --- Motion picture editors --- Film editors --- Moving-picture editors --- Editors --- Film editing (Cinematography) --- Motion picture editing --- Motion picture film editing --- Editing --- Editing. --- Montage --- 21st century. --- aspiring filmmakers. --- award winners. --- cinema and film. --- cinematic insights. --- digital age. --- documentary film. --- editing. --- editorial process. --- film buffs. --- film editing. --- film editors. --- film historians. --- film history. --- film industry. --- film production. --- film scholars. --- film students. --- film studies. --- film theory. --- filmmaking process. --- independent filmmakers. --- interviews. --- media studies. --- modern film. --- movie buffs. --- nonfiction. --- psychology. --- theatrical productions.
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Andre Bazin's writings on cinema are among the most influential reflections on the medium ever written. Even so, his critical interests ranged widely and encompassed the new media" of the 1950s, including television, 3D film, Cinerama, and CinemaScope. Fifty-seven of his reviews and essays addressing these new technologies their artistic potential, social influence, and relationship to existing art forms have been translated here for the first time in English with notes and an introduction by leading Bazin authority Dudley Andrew. These essays show Bazin's astute approach to a range of visual media and the relevance of his critical thought to our own era of new media. An exciting companion to the essential What Is Cinema? volumes, Andre Bazin's New Media is excellent for classroom use and vital for anyone interested in the history of media.
Bazin, André --- Télévision --- Cinéma et télévision --- Television --- Motion pictures and television. --- Motion pictures --- Philosophie --- Philosophy. --- Fernsehen. --- Film. --- Medientheorie. --- Bazin, André, --- Motion pictures -- Philosophy. --- Television -- Philosophy. --- Motion pictures and television --- Philosophy --- Moving-pictures and television --- Television and motion pictures --- Cinéma et télévision. --- Philosophie. --- 1950s. --- 3d film. --- andre bazin. --- art films. --- art forms. --- artistic potential. --- cinema studies. --- cinema. --- cinemascope. --- cinerama. --- contemporary film. --- critical thought. --- english translation. --- essay collection. --- film criticism. --- film critics. --- film historians. --- film reviews. --- film scholars. --- film students. --- film studies. --- media historians. --- media studies. --- modern film. --- movie theory. --- new media. --- nonfiction. --- social influence. --- television. --- textbooks. --- visual media. --- Télévision --- Cinéma et télévision.
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The subject of this book is theatre directing in four internationally famous instances. The four directors-Konstantin Stanislavsky, Bertolt Brecht, Elia Kazan, and Peter Brook-all were monarchs of the profession in their time. Without their work, theatre in the twentieth century-so often called ";the century of the director"; -would have a radically different shape and meaning. The four men are also among the dozen or so modern directors whose theatrical achievements have become culture phenomena. In histories, theories, hagiographies, and polemics, these directors are conferred classic stature, as are the four plays on which they worked. Chekhov's The Seagull, Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children, and Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire have long been recognized, in the theatre and in the study, as masterpieces. They are anthologized, "ed, taught, parodied, read, and produced constantly and globally. The culturally conservative might question the presence of MaratiSade in such august company, but Peter Weiss's play stands every chance of figuring in Western repertories, classroom study, and theatrical histories until well into the twenty-first century. In their quite different ways, these are all classics of that Western drama which is part of our immediate heritage.
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 -- Knowledge -- Performing arts. --- Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. --- Brook, Peter. --- Chaika. --- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. --- Kazan, Elia. --- Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder. --- Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 1863-1938. --- Streetcar named Desire. --- Theater - Production and direction. --- Theater -- Production and direction. --- Theatrical producers and directors - Biography. --- Theatrical producers and directors -- Biography. --- Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats. --- Weiss, Peter, 1916-1982. --- Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. --- Stanislavsky, Konstantin, --- Brecht, Bertolt, --- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, --- Williams, Tennessee, --- Weiss, Peter, --- Previn, André, --- Чехов, Антон Павлович, --- ברוק, פיטר --- Kazanjoglou, Elias --- كازان، اليا --- Brecht, Berthold Friedrich --- Brecht, Bertolt. --- Brecht, Bertholt --- Brecht, Bert --- Brecht, Eugen Berthold Friedrich --- Станиславский, Константин, --- Alekseev, Konstantin Sergeevich, --- Alekseyev, Konstantin Sergeyevich, --- Aleksi︠e︡ev, Konstantin Sergi︠e︡evich, --- Alexeiev, Constantin Sergeievich, --- Alexeyev, Konstantin Sergeyevich, --- Sitanni, --- Sitannisilafusiji, --- Stānīslāfskī, Kūnstāntīn, --- Stanislavski, Constantin, --- Stanislavski, K. S., --- Stanislavskiĭ, K. S. --- Stanislavskiĭ, Konstantin Sergeevich, --- Stanislavskij, K. S., --- Stanislavskij, Konstantin, --- Stan̦islavskis, K. S., --- Stanislavsky, --- Stanislavsky, Constantin, --- Stanislawski, --- Stanislawski, K. S., --- Stanislawskij, Konstantin Sergejewitsch, --- Sŭtʻanisŭllabŭsŭkʻi, --- Sutanisurafusukii, Konsutanchin Serugeievitchi, --- Алексеев, Константин Сергеевич, --- Алексѣев, Константин Сергѣевич, --- Станиславский, К. С. --- סטניסלבסקי, ק. ס., --- Knowledge --- Performing arts. --- 20th century. --- anton chekhov. --- auteur. --- bertolt brecht. --- cinema history. --- cinema studies. --- contemporary film. --- contemporary theatre. --- culture. --- directing plays. --- directing. --- director. --- drama. --- elia kazan. --- famous directors. --- film history. --- film making. --- filmmaking. --- history of cinema. --- history of film. --- history of theatre. --- konstantin stanislavsky. --- modern film. --- modern plays. --- modern theatre. --- mother courage. --- peter brook. --- plays. --- playwright. --- stage director. --- stage productions. --- stage. --- streetcar named desire. --- theatre directing. --- theatre. --- theatrical.
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