Directory of World Cinema

  • Directory of World Cinema: Finland
    By Pietari Kääpä

    Kirk more exact and, therefore, more effective. the obvious affection for the material that inspired In the Pirkinning ... and the editing, the characters and the narrative constructed are clearly inspired or copied from elsewhere, ...

  • Directory of World Cinema: France
    By Charlie Michael

    Studio/Distributor: Studio des Ursulines Directors: Marcel Carné Marcel Sanvoisin Producers: Marcel Carné Marcel Sanvoisin Screenwriter: Marcel Carné Cinematographer: Marcel Carné Art Director: Marcel Carné Composer: Bernard Gerard ...

  • Directory of World Cinema: INDIA
    By Adam Bingham

    Betz, M(2009) Beyond the Subtitle: Remapping European Art Cinema, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ... Dissanayake, W and Gokulsing, KM (2012) From Aan to Lagaan and Beyond: A Guide to the Study of Indian Cinema, ...

  • Directory of World Cinema: Iran
    By Parviz Jahed

    This directory explores the main trends, genres and movements of Iranian cinema and the historical turning points and prominent figures that have shaped it.

  • Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood
    By Lincoln Geraghty

    What is a Hollywood crime film? Like many other Hollywood forms, crime film clearly demonstrates that popular cinema exceeds definition as mere entertainment. The history of crime film makes clear that its varied narrative forms have ...

  • Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood
    By Lincoln Geraghty

    What is a Hollywood crime film? Like many other Hollywood forms, crime film clearly demonstrates that popular cinema exceeds definition as mere entertainment. The history of crime film makes clear that its varied narrative forms have ...

  • Directory of World Cinema: RUSSIA 2
    By Birgit Beumers

    and Soviet cinema. He is Director of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies. He is the author of the Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema (2009). Rimgaila Salysis Professor of Russian Studies at the ...

  • Directory of World Cinema: Russia
    By Birgit Beumers

    Her research interest is in twentieth-century Russian (and Soviet) cultural and gender history. She is the author of Life Has ... He is the author of Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema (2009). Rimgaila Salys is Professor ...

  • Directory of World Cinema: China
    By Gary Bettinson

    As Ho says earlier in PTU, 'Anyone who wears the uniform is one of our own.' Jeff smith Reference Ingham, Michael (2009) Johnnie To Kei-Fung's PTU, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

  • Directory of World Cinema: Italy
    By Louis Bayman

    From silent spectacle to the giallo, the spaghetti western to the neorealist masterworks of Rossellini, this book offers a comprehensive historical sweep of Italian cinema that will appeal to film scholars and cinephiles alike.

  • Directory of World Cinema: Iran
    By Parviz Jahed

    The Editor Parviz Jahed is a postgraduate film scholar and critic, film-maker and lecturer in film studies, ... A Life in the Movies (1980), Midnight Movies (1983), Film: The Front Line (1983), Greed (1993), Placing Movies: The Practice ...

  • Directory of World Cinema: Britain
    By Emma Bell, Neil Mitchell

    Studio/Distributor: Artna Rank Organisation/J Arthur Rank Director: Basil Dearden Producer: Michael Relph Screenwriter: Janet Green Cinematographer: Harry Waxman Production Designer: Carmen Dillon Composer: Philip Green Editor: John D ...

  • Directory of World Cinema: Germany

    Hoffgen, Maggie (2009), Studying German Cinema, Leighton Buzzard, UK: Auteur Publishing. ... (2004), German Essays on Film, New York: Continuum. von Moltke, Johannes (2005), No Place Like Home: Locations of Heimat in German Cinema, ...

  • Directory of World Cinema: CHINA 2
    By Louis Bayman

    These hardships exist in the story, secondary to the positive aspects of Jennifer's trajectory – education, job security, ... Stacilee (2008) Mabel Cheung Yuen-Ting's An Autumn's Tale, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

  • Directory of World Cinema: Australia and New Zealand 2
    By Ben Goldsmith, Mark David Ryan, Geoff Lealand

    ... New Zealand actor Bruno Lawrence , he moved to Los Angeles where he was enlisted by Dino DeLaurentiis to remake The Bounty ( 1984 ) , which was partly shot in New Zealand and used Australian actors such as Mel Gibson . During the making of ...

  • Directory of World Cinema: Australia and New Zealand
    By Ben Goldsmith, Geoff Lealand

    ... New Zealand film ever made' (Wong 2006). These films are produced in New Zealand (and officially described as 'US/New Zealand' productions) and draw on local creative talent (directing, editing, SFX, support actors and extras) and New ...

  • Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood 2
    By Lincoln Geraghty

    With new essays that discuss the importance of genre, adaptation, locations and technology in the production of film, this collection explores how Hollywood has looked to create, innovate, borrow and adapt new methods of filmmaking to ...

  • Directory of World Cinema: Argentina
    By Gary M. Kramer, Beatriz Urraca

    Featuring full-color stills, interviews, references, and trivia, this book is an invaluable resource for readers interested in the fascinating world of Argentine film. "

  • Directory of World Cinema: India
    By Adam Bingham

    Part of the "Directory of World Cinema" series, this title includes contributions from some of the leading academics in the field.

  • Directory of World Cinema: Japan 3
    By John Berra

    This volume will be warmly welcomed by those with an interest in Japanese cinema that extends beyond its established names to equally remarkable filmmakers who have yet to receive such rigorous attention.