Overview

"""Fifty Key American Films"" provides a chance to look at fifty of the best American films ever made such as The Big Sleep, High Noon and The Wizard of Oz, from a cultural studies perspective. As well as a raft of well-known examples from the big screen, the careers of America's best known talent, such as ""Spielberg"","" Kubrick,"" ""Scorcese ""and ""Stone"" are defined and discussed. This is essential reading for anyone interested in film."

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Author:   John White (Anglia Ruskin University, UK) ,  Sabine Haenni (Cornell University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780415772969

ISBN 10:   0415772966
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   17 March 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Birth of a Nation (1915) Sabine Haenni; Sherlock Jr (1924) Jennifer Peterson; Sunrise (1927) Sabine Haenni; The Wild Party (1929) Nick Davis; Applause (1929) Paul Young; Scarface (1932) Sabine Haenni; Freaks (1932) Jennifer Peterson; Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) Neil Sinyard; It Happened One Night (1934) Neil Sinyard; Modern Times (1936) Elliot Shapiro; Gone With the Wind (1939) Neil Sinyard; Stagecoach (1939) Dave Allen; His Girl Friday (1940) Elliot Shapiro; Citizen Kane (1941) Robert Shail; Cat People (1942) Simon Ward; Casablanca (1942) John White; Double Indemnity (1944) Oliver Gaycken; Mildred Pierce (1945) Sarah Barrow; Gun Crazy (1949) John White; Singin’ in the Rain (1952) Elliot Shapiro; On the Waterfront (1954) John White; Rebel without a Cause (1955) Sabine Haenni; The Searchers (1956) John White; Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1956) Lincoln Geraghty; Psycho (1960) John White; The Misfits (1961) Nigel Wheale; The West Side Story (1961) Sabine Haenni; Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Sarah Barrow; Night of the Living Dead (1968) Adam Lowenstein; The Wild Bunch (1969) Sabine Haenni; Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971) Paula J. Massood; The Godfather (1972) Sabine Haenni; Chinatown (1974) Elliot Shapiro; Taxi Driver (1976) John White; Killer of Sheep (1977) Keith M. Harris; Star Wars (1977) Paul Young; Apocalypse Now (1979) John White; Blade Runner (1982) Nigel Wheale; Blue Velvet (1982) Jennifer Peterson; Aliens (1986) Freddie Gaffney; sex, lies, and videotape (1989) Sarah Casey Benyahia; Do the Right Thing (1989) Michael B. Gillespie; Thelma and Louise (1991) Jean Welsh; Daughters of the Dust (1991) Terri Francis; Short Cuts (1993) Sabine Haenni; Pulp Fiction (1994) Sarah Casey Benyahia; Dead Man (1995) Lynda Townsend; Se7en (1995) John White; The Incredibles (2004) Nick Davis; Brokeback Mountain (2005) Nick Davis

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'Fifty Key American Films is a book full of good, well-crafter writing about cinema' - MEA

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A-level examiner for WJEC Film Studies Anglia Ruskin University Cornell University, USA

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