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The Comic Mind: Comedy and the Moviesby Gerald MastISBN 0226509788 (0-226-50978-8)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Comic Mind: Comedy and the Movies'Book summary:Although books on the comedies of the silent era abound, few have attempted to survey film comedy as a wholeits history and evolution, how the philosophical visions of its greatest artists and directors have shaped its traditions, and how these visions have informed both the meaning and manner of their work.[via]
Blending information with interpretation, description with analysis, Mast traces the development of screen comedy from the first crude efforts of Edison and Lumière to the subtlety and psychological complexity of Annie Hall. As he guides the reader through detailed discussions of specific films, Mast reveals the structures, the values, and the cinematic techniques which have appeared and reappeared in comic cinema.
The second edition of The Comic Mind treats the comic developments of the 1970s in terms of the traditions of film comedy set forth in the first edition, including a discussion of the evolution of Jacques Tati and the emergence of Mel Brooks and Woody Allen as the two greatest American comic stylists of the seventies.
"The most comprehensive study of film comedy yet written in English. . . .The book's extensive index with references to companies from which 16mm prints of many of the cited films may be rented will be of great value to the film teacher and audiovisual librarian."ChoiceMore editions of The Comic Mind: Comedy and the Movies:
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Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readingsby Marshall Cohen, Gerald MastISBN 0195024982 (0-19-502498-2)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings'Book summary:Brought up to date with an expanded range of selections, extended historical coverage, and a dedicated pluralistic commitment, the third edition of this highly popular text on film aesthetics features major additions of contemporary topics in film theory--including psychoanalytic, feminist, and Marxist approaches--and new essays on television, horror films, and experimental movie making.
Of the 53 selections, 13 are new. The section "Kinds of Film" has been retitled "Film Genres" and concentrates exclusively on the distinctions within a single type of film: classical Hollywood narrative cinema. The final section, now called "Film: Psychology, Society, and Ideology" is substantially revised to take into account film's relationship to its consumers: how films shape or reflect cultural attitudes, reinforce or reject dominant modes of cultural thinking, and stimulate or frustrate people's needs and drives. Throughout the book chapter introductions have been rewritten to reflect today's concerns.
Current and comprehensive, the book that The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism called "the best collection available on the disparate comments in the fields of film theory and criticism" is now even better. [via]More editions of Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings:
- Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings: ISBN 0195035739 (0-19-503573-9)
Softcover, Oxford University Press - Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings: ISBN 0195025032 (0-19-502503-2)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press - Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings: ISBN 0195024982 (0-19-502498-2)
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Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readingsby Gerald Mast , Leo Braudy, Marshall CohenISBN 0195063988 (0-19-506398-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings'Book summary:The fourth edition of this classic resource is updated to illustrate the most recent approaches in film theory, including semiotic and structuralist imperatives, Marxist historical and Freudian psychoanalytic analysis, and feminist and deconstructionist views, and each section has been revised to show the impact of new thinking on matters such as film language, the film medium, and the film artist. More than half of the contents are new, providing a broad survey of thinking about film over the past eight decades. A comprehensive text for students of film, it is also an invaluable resource for courses in semiotics and modern culture and media. [via]
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Film/Cinema/Movie: A Theory of Experienceby Gerald MastISBN 0226509745 (0-226-50974-5)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Film/Cinema/Movie: A Theory of Experience'Book summary:Description: xi, 299 p. , [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Motion pictures--Aesthetics. Film--Experience. Notes: Includes index and bibliography: p. [287]-290. [via]
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Howard Hawks, Storytellerby Gerald MastISBN 0195032330 (0-19-503233-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Movies: A Short Historyby Gerald Mast , Bruce F. KawinISBN 0205196705 (0-205-19670-5)
Softcover, Pearson P T R
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A Short History of Movies With Study Card for Grammar and Documentationby Gerald Mast , Bruce KawinISBN 0205557031 (0-205-55703-1)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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A Short History of the Moviesby Gerald MastISBN 0023770600 (0-02-377060-0)
Softcover, Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Short History of the Movies'Book summary:The seventh edition of A Short History of the Movies continues the tradition that has made it the most widely used textbook ever for college courses in film history. This volume offers students a panoramic overview of the worldwide development of film, from the early Mack Sennett and Charlie Chaplin shorts, through the studio heyday of the 1930s and 1940s and the "Hollywood Renaissance" of the 1960s and 1970s, to the pictures and their technology appearing in the multiplexes and sound palaces of today. This new edition, which has been revised and rewritten to reflect current scholarship and recent industry developments, and new films and filmmakers, represents an accurate, scrupulous updating of a classic. [via]
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Softcover, Prentice Hall - A Short History of the Movies: ISBN 0192814621 (0-19-281462-1)
Softcover, Oxford University Press - A Short History of the Movies: ISBN 0205296858 (0-205-29685-8)
Softcover, Prentice Hall - A Short History of the Movies: ISBN 0025805002 (0-02-580500-2)
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Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc - A Short History of the Movies: ISBN 0023770600 (0-02-377060-0)
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A Short History of the Moviesby Gerald MastISBN 0205537553 (0-205-53755-3)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Short History of the Movies'Book summary:The Tenth Edition of A Short History of the Movies continues the traditionscrupulously accurate in its details, up-to-date, free of jargonthat has made it the most widely adopted textbook for college courses in film history. This volume offers students a panoramic overview of the worldwide development of film through the studio heyday of the 1930s and 1940s and the "Hollywood Renaissance" of the 1960s and 1970s, to the pictures and technology appearing in multiplexes and living rooms of today. This new edition, wich as been revised and rewritten to reflect current scholarship, recent industry developments, and new films and filmmakers, represents an accurate, scrupulous updating of a classic.
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