The Oxford History of World Cinema
- ISBN-10
- 0198742428
- ISBN-13
- 9780198742425
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 824
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Geoffrey Nowell-Smith
Description
Featuring nearly three thousand film stills, production shots, and other illustrations, an authoritative history of the cinema traces the development of the medium, its filmmakers and stars, and the evolution of national cinemas around the world
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