Melvyn Stokes

D.W. Griffith's the Birth of a Nation

A History of the Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time

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Produktbeschreibung

In this deeply researched and vividly written volume, Melvyn Stokes illuminates the origins, production, reception and continuing history of this aesthetically ground-breaking and yet highly controversial movie. A must-read for anyone interested in the cinema, it sheds light on both the film's racism and the artistic brilliance of Griffith's filmmaking.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 159mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 662g
• ISBN-13: 9780195336795
• ISBN-10: 0195336798
• Artikelnr.: 23144655

Autorenporträt

Melvyn Stokes teaches American history and American film history at University College London. He has also been a visiting fellow at Princeton, a visiting Fulbright Professor at Mount Holyoke College and a visiting professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Paris. He has edited or co-edited nine books, including four for the British Film Institute.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Premiere in Los Angeles
2: Thomas Dixon, Jr
3: David Wark Griffith
4: Making The Birth of a Nation
5: Transforming the American Movie Audience
6: Fighting a Vicious Film
7: Griffiths View of History
8: After Birth
9: Conclusion
Bibliography