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European Art Cinema
John White
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Description for European Art Cinema
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European art cinema includes some of the most famous films in cinema history. It is elite filmmaking that stands in direct opposition to popular cinema; and yet, it also has an intimate relationship with Hollywood. This guidebook sketches successive phases of art cinema in Europe from its early beginnings of putting Shakespeare's plays on the screen, through movements such as Expressionism and Surrealism, to the New Waves of the 1960s and more recent incarnations like Dogme 95. Using film examples, John White examines basic critical approaches to art cinema ... Read more
European art cinema includes some of the most famous films in cinema history. It is elite filmmaking that stands in direct opposition to popular cinema; and yet, it also has an intimate relationship with Hollywood. This guidebook sketches successive phases of art cinema in Europe from its early beginnings of putting Shakespeare's plays on the screen, through movements such as Expressionism and Surrealism, to the New Waves of the 1960s and more recent incarnations like Dogme 95. Using film examples, John White examines basic critical approaches to art cinema ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Routledge Film Guidebooks
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138829183
SKU
V9781138829183
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About John White
John White is Senior Lecturer in Film and Media at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. He is co-editor of The Routledge Encyclopedia of Films (2015) and author of Westerns (2011).
Reviews for European Art Cinema
`John White's erudite and expansive new work revitalises our approach to and understanding of European art cinema. Expertly tracing the history of the genre, White's book offers a compelling set of case studies - from Lang to Bresson to Bergman to von Trier - that get straight to the heart of what makes these films so sophisticated, enduring and meaningful.' ... Read more