American cinema american culture 4th edition ebook

1.Answer these questions based on: American Cinema- Chapter 4: The Studio System (folder: book)

What did you think of the The Bad and the Beautiful (Minnelli, 1952) accuracy in depicting Hollywood and the studio system? Who was the most compelling character for you and why? Have you seen any other films with these actors? With this director? If you want to do some more research about what other films they were in or what awards this film won a great resource is the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com). /300–400 words/Free ebooks ==> www.Ebook777.com AmericAn cinemA / AmericAn culture looks at the interplay between American cinema and mass culture from the 1890s to 2011. It begins with an examination of the basic narrative and stylistic features of classical Hollywood cinema. It studies the genres of silent melodrama, the musical, American comedy, the war/combat film, film noir, the western, and the horror and science fiction film; investigating the ways in which movies shape and are shaped by the larger cultural concerns of the nation as a whole. The book concludes with a discussion of post–World War II Hollywood, and separate coverage of the effects of the Cold War, 3-D, television, the counterculture of the 1960s, directors from the film school generation, and the cultural concerns of Hollywood from the 1970s through 2011. Ideal for introduction to American cinema courses, American film history courses, and introductory film appreciation courses, this text provides a cultural overview of the phenomenon of the American moviegoing experience. Features oF the Fourth edition • An expanded treatment of digital cinema—new sections on the technology and aesthetics of digital 3-D cinema, and an analysis of Avatar as a fantasy film in 3-D are part of the extensive revisions in Chapter 17, “Into the Twenty-First Century.” • The changing landscape of films about the war in Iraq is examined in a new study of Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker in Chapter 9, “War and Cinema.” • A new segmentation and discussion of David Fincher’s the Social network is included in Chapter 2, “Classical Hollywood Cinema: Narration.” • A new section on recent comedies including The Hangover and Easy A is now included in Chapter 8, “American Comedy.” • A discussion of Joel and Ethan Coen’s true Grit is included in Chapter 11, “The Making of the West.” hallmark Features • Cultural Focus. A reflection on the cultural history of American film, focusing primarily on topics and issues rather than on what happened when. • Scholarship. Basic concepts are presented in a manner that encourages discussion, not so much of individual films, but of films in general. • Accessibility. Methods and discoveries are appropriate for an introductory level course surveying American cinema. www.Ebook777.com Md. Dalim #1173333 12/02/11 Cyan Mag Yelo Black Confirming Pages Free ebooks ==> www.Ebook777.com A M E R I C A N C I N E M A /A M E R I C A N C U L T U R E Fourth Edition John Belton Rutgers University www.Ebook777.com bel35095_fm_i-xxii.indd i 21/11/11 5:12 PM Confirming Pages AMERICAN CINEMA/AMERICAN CULTURE, FOURTH EDITION Published by McGraw-Hill, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Copyright © 2013 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Previous editions © 2009, 2005, and 1994. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside the United States.