Book description
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.
James Clarke is the writer of The Pocket Essentials: Steven Spielberg
and The Pocket Essentials: George Lucas. He has also written The Virgin
Film Guide: Coppola and The Virgin Film Guide: War Films. His work has
been published by The Guardian and the magazines Empire, Moving Pictures
and Resurgence. He has also written for the British Film Institute and
has worked as a writer and producer in community media and short
filmmaking. James is the Programme Manager of Media Arts degree courses
at Hereford College of Arts.
