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Movie Movements: Films That Changed the World of Cinema by James Clarke (Paperback, 2011)

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Introducing the reader to definitions of the founding concepts in film studies, this guide covers such ideas as authorship and genre, technological impacts and the rise of digital cinema, social influences and notions of the avant-garde, and cinema's emergence as a major art form that reflects and shapes the world. In concise and clear sections, it explores how major works--from the classic French realist "La Regle de Jeu" to the dazzling animation of Norman McLaren and the memorial documentary of "Shoah"--were conceived, developed, and produced, and eventually received by the public, critics, and film history. Offering a concise overview of a vast and compelling subject, it is a resource for both the film enthusiast and the film student.

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Movie Movements: Films That Changed the World of Cinema is a one-stop guide to the major movements that have shaped our sense of what cinema is and can be. It introduces the reader to definitions of the founding concepts in Film Studies such as authorship and genre, technological impacts and the rise of digital cinema, social influences and notions of the avant-garde, and cinema's emergence as a major art form that reflects and shapes the world. It explores, in concise and clear sections, how major works from the classic French realist La Regle de Jeu to the dazzling animation of Norman McLaren and the memorial documentary of Shoah, were conceived, developed and produced, and eventually received by the public, critics and film history. Offering a concise overview of a vast and compelling subject, it's a book for both the film enthusiast and the Film Studies student. Films discussed by James Clarke include: Kes Rome, Open City Metropolis The Passion of Joan of Arc The Tales of Hoffmann The Seventh Seal La Belle et la Bete Un Chien Andalou Koyaanisqatsi Night Mail Nanook of the North Into Great Silence We Are the Lambeth Boys Battleship Potemkin Jules et Jim Picnic at Hanging Rock Wings of Desire The Hired Hand Seven Samurai Pan's Labyrinth