History of Film, A

<p><strong>Preface.</strong></p> <p><strong>1. Birth and Childhood of a New Art * 1895–1914</strong></p> <p>Brief Motion-Picture Records of Actuality and of Performances</p> <p>Telling Stories through Staged and Filmed Pantomime</p> <p>Telling Stories through Filmic Means</p> <p>The Language of Film</p> <p>Increasing Films to Feature Length</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>2. Rise of the American Film * 1914–1919</strong></p> <p>The First American Epics</p> <p>A Tradition of Screen Comedy Is Established</p> <p>Emerging Patterns of Industry</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>3. Great German Silents * 1919–1928</strong></p> <p>Predominant Types and Themes</p> <p>Principal Technical and Stylistic Advances</p> <p>Influence on Hollywood</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>4. Art and Dialectic in the Soviet Film * 1925–1929</strong></p> <p>Historical Setting</p> <p>Beginnings</p> <p>Three Silent Masters</p> <p>Montage: Theory and Practice</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>5. Hollywood in the Twenties * 1919–1929</strong></p> <p>Movies Become Big Business</p> <p>Ascendancy of the Director</p> <p>Popular Genres</p> <p>Sound Arrives</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>6. France in the Twenties and Thirties * 1919–1939</strong></p> <p>The First Avant-Garde: Impressionism</p> <p>The Second Avant-Garde: Pure Cinema</p> <p>The Golden Age of the 1930s</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>7. Hollywood in the Thirties and Early Forties * 1929–1945</strong></p> <p>The Industry</p> <p>Censorship, Self-Regulation, and Pressure Groups</p> <p>Color</p> <p>Notable Directors of the 1930s</p> <p>Emergent Genres in the 1930s</p> <p>Wartime</p> <p>A 1940s Genre: Film Noir</p> <p>Orson Welles: Boy Genius</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>8. Italian Neorealism * 1945–1952</strong></p> <p>Theory and Practice of Neorealism</p> <p>Three Major Directors of the Neorealist Era</p> <p>Period of Transition: 1952–1960</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>9. The Documentary Impulse: British Film after the War * 1945–1963</strong></p> <p>Postwar Comedies</p> <p>Free Cinema and Social-Realist Features</p> <p>The Gothic Strain</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>10. Hollywood in Transition * 1945–1962</strong></p> <p>Television</p> <p>New Screen Processes</p> <p>Fall of the Studios, Rise of the Independents</p> <p>Internationalization</p> <p>Loosened Controls on Content</p> <p>Liberalism, Communism, and Anti-Communism: The House Un-American</p> <p>Activities Committee and Blacklisting</p> <p>Major Genres</p> <p>American Directors of the 1950s</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>11. Japanese Film: A Pictorial Tradition and a Modernist Edge * 1951–</strong></p> <p>The Japanese Style</p> <p>Three Japanese Masters</p> <p>Japanese New Wave</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>12. Films of the Auteurs: The French New Wave * 1954–1968</strong></p> <p>Auteurism</p> <p>Precursors to the New Wave</p> <p>The New Wave Arrives</p> <p>New Wave Directors</p> <p>Left Bank Directors and Others</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>13. Other Western European Cinemas: National Cinemas or Eurofilms? * 1945–</strong></p> <p>Scandinavia</p> <p>Germany</p> <p>Spain</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>14. Eastern European Cinema: Film Making for the State and Beyond * 1954–</strong></p> <p>Poland</p> <p>The Czech Republic</p> <p>The Soviet Union and After</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>15. India: A People’s Cinema * 1956–</strong></p> <p>State of the Industry</p> <p>Auteurs of the Golden Age</p> <p>New Indian Cinema</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>16. Modernism and Metaphor: Italy * 1960–</strong></p> <p>Emergence of a New Style: Three Directors of the 1960s</p> <p>Neo-Neorealism: Three Directors of the 1960s and 1970s</p> <p>Industry Tavails</p> <p>The 1970s and Beyond: A Metaphoric Cinema</p> <p>Popular Genres</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>17. American Reemergence * 1963–1974</strong></p> <p>Popular Genres</p> <p>The American New Wave</p> <p>Independent Voices</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>18. Art Cinema Lite: British Film * 1963–</strong></p> <p>State of the Industry</p> <p>British Comedy Flourishes</p> <p>New Social Critiques</p> <p>British Postmodernism</p> <p>Americans Abroad</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>19. New Theories, New Films: France * 1968–</strong></p> <p>A Radicalized Godard</p> <p>After the New Wave</p> <p>Generic Continuities</p> <p>A New Crop of Auteurs</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>20. A Blockbuster Mentality United States * 1975–1993</strong></p> <p>State of the Industry</p> <p>Technological Advances</p> <p>Emerging Genres</p> <p>Studio Stalwarts</p> <p>Independent Voices</p> <p>Representing Diversity</p> <p>Multinationalism</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>21. China: Three Cinemas * 1984–</strong></p> <p>Mainland China</p> <p>Hong Kong</p> <p>Taiwan</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>22. Latin American: Progressive Politics with a Tropical Beat</strong></p> <p>Cuba</p> <p>Brazil</p> <p>Mexico</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>23. Recent National Movements * 1959–</strong></p> <p>Africa</p> <p>Australia and New Zealand</p> <p>Canada</p> <p>Iran</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>23. The Digital Future: United States * 1994–</strong></p> <p>Technology on Fast Forward</p> <p>State of the Industry</p> <p>Bigger Blockbusters</p> <p>An Auteur for the Fin de Siècle</p> <p>Representing Diversity, Part 2</p> <p>A New Life for Documentaries</p> <p>Films of the Period</p> <p>Political and Cultural Milestones of the Period</p> <p><strong>Index.</strong></p>