Ideal for Introduction to American Cinema courses, American Film History courses, and Introductory Film Appreciation courses focused on American Film, this text offers a cultural examination of the American movie-making industry, with particular attention paid to the economic and aesthetic institution of Hollywood.
Table of contents:
Introduction PART ONE: THE MODE OF PRODUCTION 1. The Emergence of the Cinema as an Institution 2. Classical Hollywood Cinema: Narration 3. Classical Hollywood Cinema: Style 4. The Studio System 5. The Star System PART TWO: GENRE AND THE GENRE SYSTEM 6. Silent Film Melodrama 7. The Musical 8. American Comedy 9. War and Cinema 10. Film Noir: Somewhere in the Night 11. The Making of the West PART THREE: A POST-WAR HISTORY 12. Hollywood and the Cold War 13. Hollywood in the Age of Television 14. The 1960's: The Counterculture Strikes Back 15. The Film School Generation 16. Into the Twenty-First Century Glossary of Terms Index
Table of contents:
Introduction PART ONE: THE MODE OF PRODUCTION 1. The Emergence of the Cinema as an Institution 2. Classical Hollywood Cinema: Narration 3. Classical Hollywood Cinema: Style 4. The Studio System 5. The Star System PART TWO: GENRE AND THE GENRE SYSTEM 6. Silent Film Melodrama 7. The Musical 8. American Comedy 9. War and Cinema 10. Film Noir: Somewhere in the Night 11. The Making of the West PART THREE: A POST-WAR HISTORY 12. Hollywood and the Cold War 13. Hollywood in the Age of Television 14. The 1960's: The Counterculture Strikes Back 15. The Film School Generation 16. Into the Twenty-First Century Glossary of Terms Index