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Fifty Key American Films
Contributor(s): White, John (Editor), Haenni, Sabine (Editor)
ISBN: 0415772974     ISBN-13: 9780415772976
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $37.95  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2009
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Annotation: Fifty Key American Films provides a chance to look at fifty of the best American films ever made with case studies from the 1930's hey day of Cinema right up to the present day.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film - Guides & Reviews
Dewey: 791.430
LCCN: 2008036517
Series: Routledge Key Guides
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.70 lbs) 288 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

Fifty Key American Films explores and contextualises some of the most important films ever made in the United States. With case studies from the early years of cinema to the present day, this comprehensive Key Guide provides accessible analyses from a range of theoretical perspectives.

This chronologically ordered volume includes coverage of:

  • Citizen Kane
  • Casablanca
  • Psycho
  • Taxi Driver
  • Blade Runner
  • Pulp Fiction

Amongst a raft of well-known films, the work of some of America's best known directors, such as Lynch, Scorsese, Coppola and Scott, is discussed. This book is essential reading for students of film, and will be of interest to anyone seeking to explore the impact of American cinema.