The Mysteries of Cinema: Movies and Imagination 9780500776377, 9780500776384

The Movies as a World Force: American Silent Cinema and the Utopian Imagination 9780813593630

Throughout the silent-feature era, American artists and intellectuals routinely described cinema as a force of global co

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The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan 9780525655336

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The Movies As a World Force : American Silent Cinema and the Utopian Imagination [1 ed.] 9780813593630, 9780813593609

Throughout the silent-feature era, American artists and intellectuals routinely described cinema as a force of global co

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Cinema of Choice: Optional Thinking and Narrative Movies 9780857455925

Standard Hollywood narrative movies prescribe linear narratives that cue the viewer to expect predictable outcomes and a

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Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity 9780520936409

The rise of cinema as the predominant American entertainment around the turn of the last century coincided with the migr

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Understanding Indian Movies: Culture, Cognition, and Cinematic Imagination 9780292794160

Indian movies are among the most popular in the world. However, despite increased availability and study, these films re

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Museum Movies: The Museum of Modern Art and the Birth of Art Cinema 9780520937833

Haidee Wasson provides a rich cultural history of cinema's transformation from a passing amusement to an enduring a

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Museum Movies: The Museum of Modern Art and the Birth of Art Cinema 9780520937833, 052093783X

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Prison Movies: Cinema Behind Bars 9780231851046

Prison Movies: Cinema Behind Bars traces the public fascination with incarceration from the silent era to the present.

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Cinema and the Audiovisual Imagination: Music, Image, Sound 9780755603619

So far, the study of cinema has been overwhelmingly visual. Robert Robertson instead presents cinema as an audiovisual m

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