A Short History of Film, Third Edition
- ISBN-10
- 0813595169
- ISBN-13
- 9780813595160
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 524
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-03-30
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Authors
- Wheeler Winston Dixon, Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
Description
With more than 250 images, new information on international cinema—especially Polish, Chinese, Russian, Canadian, and Iranian filmmakers—an expanded section on African-American filmmakers, updated discussions of new works by major American directors, and a new section on the rise of comic book movies and computer generated special effects, this is the most up to date resource for film history courses in the twenty-first century.
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