Author: Alexander Kluge
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811217354
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The thirty-eight tales of Cinema Stories combine fact and fiction, and they all revolve around movie-making. The book compresses a lifetime of feeling, thought, and practice: Kluge -- considered the father of New German Cinema -- is an inventive wellspring of narrative notions. "The power of his prose," as Small Press noted, "exudes the sort of pregnant richness one might find in the brief scenarios of unknown films." Cinema Stories is a treasure box of cinematic lore and movie magic by "Alexander Kluge, that most enlightened of writers" (W. G. Sebald). Alexander Kluge, born in Germany in 1932, is a world-famous author and filmmaker (his 23 films include Yesterday Girl, The Female Patriot, The Candidate), a lawyer, and a media magnate. He has won Germany\'s highest literary award, the Georg Büchner Prize.
Cinema Stories
Author: Alexander Kluge
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811217354
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The thirty-eight tales of Cinema Stories combine fact and fiction, and they all revolve around movie-making. The book compresses a lifetime of feeling, thought, and practice: Kluge -- considered the father of New German Cinema -- is an inventive wellspring of narrative notions. "The power of his prose," as Small Press noted, "exudes the sort of pregnant richness one might find in the brief scenarios of unknown films." Cinema Stories is a treasure box of cinematic lore and movie magic by "Alexander Kluge, that most enlightened of writers" (W. G. Sebald). Alexander Kluge, born in Germany in 1932, is a world-famous author and filmmaker (his 23 films include Yesterday Girl, The Female Patriot, The Candidate), a lawyer, and a media magnate. He has won Germany\'s highest literary award, the Georg Büchner Prize.
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811217354
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The thirty-eight tales of Cinema Stories combine fact and fiction, and they all revolve around movie-making. The book compresses a lifetime of feeling, thought, and practice: Kluge -- considered the father of New German Cinema -- is an inventive wellspring of narrative notions. "The power of his prose," as Small Press noted, "exudes the sort of pregnant richness one might find in the brief scenarios of unknown films." Cinema Stories is a treasure box of cinematic lore and movie magic by "Alexander Kluge, that most enlightened of writers" (W. G. Sebald). Alexander Kluge, born in Germany in 1932, is a world-famous author and filmmaker (his 23 films include Yesterday Girl, The Female Patriot, The Candidate), a lawyer, and a media magnate. He has won Germany\'s highest literary award, the Georg Büchner Prize.
Cinema and History
Author: Mike Chopra-Gant
Publisher: Wallflower Press
ISBN: 9781905674596
Category : Historical films
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume examines some of the key historical issues raised by popular film, including what film might tell us about the past, the reliability of movies as sources of historical knowledge, and how the film might compare to more 'serious' works of history.
Publisher: Wallflower Press
ISBN: 9781905674596
Category : Historical films
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume examines some of the key historical issues raised by popular film, including what film might tell us about the past, the reliability of movies as sources of historical knowledge, and how the film might compare to more 'serious' works of history.
How Films Tell Stories
Author: Larry A. Brown
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781945527142
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This book presents a concise introduction to the often complex study of narrative theory. In part one, Aspects of Story, major theories of plot structure, character, and fictional worlds are applied to cinema. Part two, Aspects of Discourse, discusses how the story is communicated, examining techniques of cinematic narration such as time manipulation, perspective, editing and sound. Each chapter concludes with questions encouraging students to produce their own analysis of the narrative strategies of films.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781945527142
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This book presents a concise introduction to the often complex study of narrative theory. In part one, Aspects of Story, major theories of plot structure, character, and fictional worlds are applied to cinema. Part two, Aspects of Discourse, discusses how the story is communicated, examining techniques of cinematic narration such as time manipulation, perspective, editing and sound. Each chapter concludes with questions encouraging students to produce their own analysis of the narrative strategies of films.
Movie Stories
Author: Nangaen Chearavanont (Tse Yin)
Publisher: H.M. Ou
ISBN: 9881590957
Category : Actors and actresses
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
This book “Movie Stories” focuses on: (A) In addition to produce Siamese films and Teochew opera films, Siam (Thailand) also produced Cantonese romance film "Love Redeemed (湄江情浪)" in 1930s; (B) Singapore has been produced silent comedy film “New Friend (新客)” in 1920s; (C) Mr. Lay Min-wei (黎民偉) and Ms. Au Ho (歐荷) tell you more about the Hong Kong film industry in 1920s; (D) Japanese shot a propaganda film “The Battle of Hong Kong (香港攻略戰)” in 1942, let the author shows you its details; (E) Some anecdotes about sexy actress Ms. Lee Yi-nian (李綺年); (F) The earliest Hong Kong cable TV - Rediffusion Television (RTV, 麗的映聲); (G) Hong Kong earliest amusement parks, such as Yee Yuen (怡園), Yue Yuen (榆園(愉園)), Tai Pak Lau (太白樓), Ming Yuen (名園), Lee Garden (利園)… ; (H) The photograph studio difference between Bangkok and Hong Kong; (I) Both existing Macau and Sham Chun airports are not the original one; (J) Instant noodles is not invented by Japanese; Hong Kong people have been produced and sold "Pak Kut Noodle (百吉麵)" before WWII.
Publisher: H.M. Ou
ISBN: 9881590957
Category : Actors and actresses
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
This book “Movie Stories” focuses on: (A) In addition to produce Siamese films and Teochew opera films, Siam (Thailand) also produced Cantonese romance film "Love Redeemed (湄江情浪)" in 1930s; (B) Singapore has been produced silent comedy film “New Friend (新客)” in 1920s; (C) Mr. Lay Min-wei (黎民偉) and Ms. Au Ho (歐荷) tell you more about the Hong Kong film industry in 1920s; (D) Japanese shot a propaganda film “The Battle of Hong Kong (香港攻略戰)” in 1942, let the author shows you its details; (E) Some anecdotes about sexy actress Ms. Lee Yi-nian (李綺年); (F) The earliest Hong Kong cable TV - Rediffusion Television (RTV, 麗的映聲); (G) Hong Kong earliest amusement parks, such as Yee Yuen (怡園), Yue Yuen (榆園(愉園)), Tai Pak Lau (太白樓), Ming Yuen (名園), Lee Garden (利園)… ; (H) The photograph studio difference between Bangkok and Hong Kong; (I) Both existing Macau and Sham Chun airports are not the original one; (J) Instant noodles is not invented by Japanese; Hong Kong people have been produced and sold "Pak Kut Noodle (百吉麵)" before WWII.
Quentin Tarantino
Author: Jeffrey Dawson
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557832276
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Examines the personal life and the professional work and success of the director of "Pulp Fiction"
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557832276
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Examines the personal life and the professional work and success of the director of "Pulp Fiction"
The Cinema of Aki Kaurismäki
Author: Andrew Nestingen
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231850417
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Aki Kaurismäki is an enigma, an eminent auteur who claims his films are a joke. Since 1983, Kaurismäki has produced classically-styled films filled with cinephilic references to film history. He has earned an international art-house audience and many prizes, influencing such directors as Jim Jarmusch, Quentin Tarantino, and Wes Anderson. Yet Kaurismäki is often depicted as the loneliest, most nostalgic of Finns (except when he promotes his films, makes political statements, and runs his many businesses). He is also depicted as a bohemian known for outlandish actions and statements. The Cinema of Aki Kaurismäki is the first comprehensive English-language study of this eccentric director. Drawing on revisionist approaches to film authorship, the text links the filmmaker and his films to the stories and issues animating film aesthetics and history, nostalgia, late modernity, politics, commerce, film festivals, and national cinema.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231850417
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Aki Kaurismäki is an enigma, an eminent auteur who claims his films are a joke. Since 1983, Kaurismäki has produced classically-styled films filled with cinephilic references to film history. He has earned an international art-house audience and many prizes, influencing such directors as Jim Jarmusch, Quentin Tarantino, and Wes Anderson. Yet Kaurismäki is often depicted as the loneliest, most nostalgic of Finns (except when he promotes his films, makes political statements, and runs his many businesses). He is also depicted as a bohemian known for outlandish actions and statements. The Cinema of Aki Kaurismäki is the first comprehensive English-language study of this eccentric director. Drawing on revisionist approaches to film authorship, the text links the filmmaker and his films to the stories and issues animating film aesthetics and history, nostalgia, late modernity, politics, commerce, film festivals, and national cinema.
Film Stories
Author: Nangaen Chearavanont (Tse Yin)
Publisher: H.M. Ou
ISBN: 9881590949
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
This book mainly describes the early film industries in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canton, Chinese society in San Francisco; some chapters still talk about Hong Kong heritages and sceneries from 1930s to 1950s.
Publisher: H.M. Ou
ISBN: 9881590949
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
This book mainly describes the early film industries in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canton, Chinese society in San Francisco; some chapters still talk about Hong Kong heritages and sceneries from 1930s to 1950s.
Early American Cinema in Transition
Author: Charlie Keil
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299173631
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The period 1907–1913 marks a crucial transitional moment in American cinema. As moving picture shows changed from mere novelty to an increasingly popular entertainment, fledgling studios responded with longer running times and more complex storytelling. A growing trade press and changing production procedures also influenced filmmaking. In Early American Cinema in Transition, Charlie Keil looks at a broad cross-section of fiction films to examine the formal changes in cinema of this period and the ways that filmmakers developed narrative techniques to suit the fifteen-minute, one-reel format. Keil outlines the kinds of narratives that proved most suitable for a single reel’s duration, the particular demands that time and space exerted on this early form of film narration, and the ways filmmakers employed the unique features of a primarily visual medium to craft stories that would appeal to an audience numbering in the millions. He underscores his analysis with a detailed look at six films: The Boy Detective; The Forgotten Watch; Rose O’Salem-Town; Cupid’s Monkey Wrench; Belle Boyd, A Confederate Spy; and Suspense.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299173631
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The period 1907–1913 marks a crucial transitional moment in American cinema. As moving picture shows changed from mere novelty to an increasingly popular entertainment, fledgling studios responded with longer running times and more complex storytelling. A growing trade press and changing production procedures also influenced filmmaking. In Early American Cinema in Transition, Charlie Keil looks at a broad cross-section of fiction films to examine the formal changes in cinema of this period and the ways that filmmakers developed narrative techniques to suit the fifteen-minute, one-reel format. Keil outlines the kinds of narratives that proved most suitable for a single reel’s duration, the particular demands that time and space exerted on this early form of film narration, and the ways filmmakers employed the unique features of a primarily visual medium to craft stories that would appeal to an audience numbering in the millions. He underscores his analysis with a detailed look at six films: The Boy Detective; The Forgotten Watch; Rose O’Salem-Town; Cupid’s Monkey Wrench; Belle Boyd, A Confederate Spy; and Suspense.
Puzzling Stories
Author: Steven Willemsen
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1800735928
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Many films and novels defy our ability to make sense of the plot. While puzzling storytelling, strange incongruities, inviting enigmas and persistent ambiguities have been central to the effects of many literary and cinematic traditions, a great deal of contemporary films and television series bring such qualities to the mainstream—but wherein lies the attractiveness of perplexing works of fiction? This collected volume offers the first comprehensive, multidisciplinary, and trans-medial approach to the question of cognitive challenge in narrative art, bringing together psychological, philosophical, formal-historical, and empirical perspectives from leading scholars across these fields.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1800735928
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Many films and novels defy our ability to make sense of the plot. While puzzling storytelling, strange incongruities, inviting enigmas and persistent ambiguities have been central to the effects of many literary and cinematic traditions, a great deal of contemporary films and television series bring such qualities to the mainstream—but wherein lies the attractiveness of perplexing works of fiction? This collected volume offers the first comprehensive, multidisciplinary, and trans-medial approach to the question of cognitive challenge in narrative art, bringing together psychological, philosophical, formal-historical, and empirical perspectives from leading scholars across these fields.
The Cinema of Wim Wenders
Author: Roger F. Cook
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814325780
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The Cinema of Wim Wenders, the first anthology of scholarly work on Wenders, is a unique anthropology of source materials and selected critical essays on the films of Wim Wenders, a major filmmaker in the so-called New German Cinema movement. His work, probably more than that of any other European director, reflects the tension between the European auteur tradition and the increasing dominance of the American media industry. In both his filmmaking and his critical writing, he explores how the relationship between image and narrative manifests the basic opposition between these two film traditions. This book serves as an introduction to the central concerns of his cinema while situation his work within German film history and the contemporary debates about postmodern film and media theory.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814325780
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The Cinema of Wim Wenders, the first anthology of scholarly work on Wenders, is a unique anthropology of source materials and selected critical essays on the films of Wim Wenders, a major filmmaker in the so-called New German Cinema movement. His work, probably more than that of any other European director, reflects the tension between the European auteur tradition and the increasing dominance of the American media industry. In both his filmmaking and his critical writing, he explores how the relationship between image and narrative manifests the basic opposition between these two film traditions. This book serves as an introduction to the central concerns of his cinema while situation his work within German film history and the contemporary debates about postmodern film and media theory.