World on Film : An Introduction

by Nochimson, Martha P.

• ISBN13: 9781405139793
• ISBN10: 140513979X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-22
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This uniquely engaging and lively textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to international film, from the golden age of European cinema to the contemporary blockbusters of India and Asia, and the post World War II emergence of global film culture. Offers an overview of film culture in European countries such as France, Sweden and Spain, as well as Africa, Hong Kong, China, and India, in a clear and conversational style to engage the student reader Provides a detailed exploration of the impact of globalization on international cinemaAddresses the differences in visual and narrative strategies between Hollywood-influenced movies and international cinemaHighlights key words within the text and provides a comprehensive glossary of critical vocabulary for film studies Includes over 80 film stills throughout the text, and a comprehensive companion website with a 'troubleshooting guide' for instructors that includes suggested syllabiEach chapter includes in-depth case studies of individual films and directors, cultural and historical context, selected filmographies, and ideas for projects, essays, and further research

Author Biography

Martha P. Nochimson  is currently an Associate Editor for Cineaste Magazine. She has taught in the Department of Film and Television at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, and at Mercy College, where she developed and chaired a program in Film Studies, and is the author of many books, including her internationally acclaimed studies The Passion of David Lynch:  Wild at Heart in Hollywood (1997), and  Dying to Belong:  Gangster Movies in Hollywood and Hong Kong  (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007). Further information is available at her website www.marthapnochimson.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

How to Use This Book

Nations Make Movies

Introduction: Other Languages, Other Stories

The Point, So Far

Talking about International Film

National Film Cultures

Questions in the Chapters

Summary

For Further Thought

Projects

Further Reading

France: French Revolutions at the Movies

The Movies Are Born in France

CASE STUDY: JEAN RENOIR

Renoirs Peers and the Golden Age of French Cinema

For Further Thought

Projects

The Fourth and Fifth Republics and the Prologue to the New Wave

The New Wave

Case Study: Jean-Luc Godard

Beyond the New Wave

For Further Thought: Dogme 95

Mini Research Mission

Projects

Further Reading

Russia: Utopia and Dystopia

The Russian Revolution and the Golden Age of Soviet Cinema

Stalinism and the Ebb and Resurgence of Soviet Cinema

For Further Thought

Projects

New Freedoms

Case Study: Andrei Tarkovsky

Post-Soviet Cinema

Mini Research Mission

For Further Thought

Projects

Further Reading

Germany: From Darkness Toward Light

Early History

For Further Thought

Projects

Nazi Cinema and Beyond

Case Study: Werner Herzog

New German Cinema and the International Community

Mini Research Mission

For Further Thought: East German Cinema

Projects

Further Reading

Italy: The Myth of History, Neorealism, and Beyond

Italian Cinema and the Risorgimento

The Evolution of Neorealism

For Further Thought

Projects

Case Study: Federico Fellini

Debating Italian Postwar Recovery

Mini Research Mission

For Further Thinking

Projects

Further Reading

Japan:

Screening Modernism and Feudalism

Early Film in Japan

Meiji Era and Taisho Era Japanese Cinema

Film During the Showa Era

Case Study: Akira Kurosawa

For Further Thought

Projects

The New Wave and Beyond

Mini Research Mission

For Further Thought

Projects

Further Reading

India: Cinema of Composition and Contradiction

Film in Colonial India

Early Postcolonial Indian Film

For Further Thought

Projects

Bollywood Takes Charge

Case Study: Amitabh Bachchan

Bollywood and Parallel Cinema

Mini Research Mission

For Further Thought

Projects

Further Reading

Moviemaking In The Global Village

Introduction: They Do It Their Way

When Is a Film Foreign?

Reading Movies in the Global Village

Culture under a Microscope: A Modern Muddle or a New Mirror?

Mini Research Mission

For Further Thought

Projects

Further Reading

Spain: Luis Buñuel, Playing with Ideas

The Arc of Buñuels Career

Conclusion

Mini Research Mission

For Further Thought

Projects

Further Reading

Sweden: Ingmar Bergman, Being and Nothingness

The Arc of Bergman's Career

Conclusion

Mini Research Mission

For Further Thought

Projects

Further Reading

Hong Kong: Wong Kar-wai, Now You See It

The Arc of Wongs Career

Conclusion

Mini Research Mission

For Further Thought

Projects

Further Reading

Senegal: Ousmane Sembène, Postcolonial Pioneer

The Arc of Sembènes Career

Conclusion

Mini Research Mission

For Further Thought

Projects

Further Reading

Mainland China: Jia Zhangke, Freedom and the Sixth Generation

The Arc of Jias Career

Conclusion

Mini Research Mission

For Further Thought

Projects

Further Reading

Glossary

Index

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