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"This volume is 'a film school in a single book.' Investigating and analyzing the elements and concepts of the creation of films, this book looks closely at 25 films that represent a wide range of styles and subjects"-- Provided by publisher.

Title The art and craft of motion pictures : 25 movies to make you film literate / Vincent LoBrutto.
Additional Titles Art and craft of motion pictures : twenty five movies to make you film literate
Publisher Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Creation Date [2019]
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index.
Content Editing choreography in an autobiographical musical : All that jazz -- The ultimate period film : Barry Lyndon -- The origin of the creative jump cut : Breathless -- Surrealism David Lynch style : Eraserhead -- Non-fiction, diary, essay filmmaking, and editing as a magician's tool : F for fake -- Remakes : The flight of the Phoenix (1964), Flight of the Phoenix -- The documentary as an investigative tool : Gimme shelter -- Time and space : Hiroshima mon amour -- Fantasy as reality : King Kong -- Destruction of the well-made Hollywood movie : The last movie -- The adult film as art film : The lickerish quartet -- Birth of the independent cinema : Little fugitive -- Parallel storytelling, character connections : Magnolia -- Mental state as narrative : Memento -- Teamwork on and off the screen : Our daily bread -- Tempo, content, and directorial style : Pickpocket -- Non-linear structure : Pulp fiction -- The camera as instigator : Seconds -- The graphic novel comes cinematically alive : Sin city -- The perfect silent film : Sunrise -- Tatami camera style : Tokyo story -- The tall tale : The treasure of the Sierra Madre -- The essential road movie : Two-lane blacktop -- The 42 minute and 56 second shot : Wavelength -- Stranger in a strange land : exploring the possibilities of the detective film : Witness.
Extent 1 online resource (302 pages)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2019
National Library system number 997012489844605171
MARC RECORDS
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