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29%OFFGeorge Melnyk - Great Canadian Film Directors - 9780888644794 - V9780888644794
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Great Canadian Film Directors

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Description for Great Canadian Film Directors Paperback. Film directors articulate creative visions that provide insights into national cultures. 18 essays highlight Canada's prominent Anglophone and Francophone filmmakers. Editor(s): Melnyk, George. Num Pages: 488 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBC; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 724.
Great Canadian Film Directors is the first major study that reflects the cultural and linguistic diversity of Canada's most dynamic film directors. The 19 essays in this collection focus on each filmmaker's ability to create a vision that both reveals and redefines our national cultures. Together, these essays, by established and emerging scholars, highlight the diversity, imaginative power, and talent of Canadian filmmakers. This collection's value is in its contemporary analysis of major figures as well as critical discussions of the work of women directors and young filmmakers. Filmographies and selected bibliographies for each director provide film students and the ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
Number of Pages
488
Place of Publication
, Canada
ISBN
9780888644794
SKU
V9780888644794
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About George Melnyk
George Melnyk is a cultural historian who has published some twenty books in a distinguished career, including works of philosophy, history, politics, and poetry. He teaches in the Faculty of Communication and Culture at the University of Calgary, where he specializes in Canadian cinema.

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"One Saturday in the winter of 1965 I talked my father into driving me to Toronto from our home in Oshawa, Ontario, to see a particular movie that I knew I would never see at the local cinema. I was 14 years old. What I saw that cold night made a profound and lasting impression on me. I grew up ... Read more

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