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American Cinema/American Culture Paperback – 11 January 2012

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Looks at the interplay between American cinema and mass culture from the 1890s to 2011. This book begins with an examination of the basic narrative and stylistic features of classical Hollywood cinema. It then studies the genres of silent melodrama, the musical, American comedy, the war/combat film, film noir, the western, and more.
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    0073535095
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0073535098
  3. Edition
    4th
  4. Publisher
    McGraw-Hill Education
  5. Publication date
    11 January 2012
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    17.78 x 1.78 x 24.38 cm
  8. Print length
    480 pages
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw-Hill Education; 4th edition (11 January 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0073535095
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0073535098
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.78 x 1.78 x 24.38 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
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John Belton teaches film at Rutgers University and is the author of five books, including Widescreen Cinema, winner of the 1993 Kraszna Krausz prize for books on the moving image, and American Cinema/American Culture. He edits a series of books on film and culture for Columbia University Press (1989-on), is a former member of the National Film Preservation Board (1989-96), and former Chair of the Archival Papers and Historical Committee of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (1985-96). He is an associate editor of SMPTE’s Motion Imaging Journal.

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Tina Meloy
5.0 out of 5 stars Meloy9156
Reviewed in the United States on 20 September 2012
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This book helped me understand more about American film than I ever expected. It brought me from the 1890's all the way up through 2011. Which is a huge difference in movie making and in history. This book has a strong sense of history throughout its pages, guiding the structure of a lot of the chapters as a whole. I enjoyed how it was structured and how the message was given to the reader. The book not only is a history lesson of film but it introduces you to the aesthetics and film form basics. It introduces and explains basic vocabulary of the narrative and the stylistic practices. It gives you the insight to see how things were done and even more importantly why they were done that way. There is a lot that a person can learn from this book as long as they take the time to actually read and absorb its content. It is a very informative book and it keeps your attention throughout. It is not the typical textbook, that tends to be bland and un-interesting, it will definitely give you the necessary perspective to learn more about American Cinema.
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Dusty
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read, Great Sale!
Reviewed in the United States on 15 October 2019
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This book is provides an interesting read, for anyone with an interest in film.

Package was received in great condition, and arrived right on time! I can’t wait to delve into the history of American Cinema!
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4.0 out of 5 stars like Firefly Still Flying
Reviewed in the United States on 2 April 2017
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I bought American Cinema, American Culture for a class I was taking. It didn’t remain on my bookshelf because I’ve only got so much space and it was a bit too pedantic for me. And if I can sell a textbook, I usually sell it.

I keep less pedantic cinema, pop culture books that entertain me, like Firefly Still Flying, Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope, Where God Put the West, Cinema Southwest, The History of Dinosaurs in Cinema, Sci-Fi Art Now, and Sci-Fi Movie Freak. They all have a lot of pictures. I also read books with fewer pictures like Steven King’s On Writing, and William Goldman’s Adventures in the Screen Trade and Which Lie Did I Tell.

About half of what I read is everything from nonfiction, like the above, to westerns. The other half is sci-fi and fantasy.

Sci-fi and fantasy authors I like include Douglas Adams, Taylor Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Paolo Bacigalupi, Jack Campbell, Orson Scott Card, Arthur C. Clarke, Earnest Cline, Suzanne Collins, Abe Evergreen, Terry Goodkind, Joe Haldeman, Robert A. Heinlein, Frank Herbert, Hugh Howey, Robert Jordan, George Martin, Larry Niven, Andre Norton, Patrick Rothfuss, Brandon Sanderson, John Scalzi, John Steakley, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Andy Weir.
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vivian
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Material
Reviewed in the United States on 17 December 2017
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I bought this used book for my class on American Cinema and thought the book was an interesting read. The companion videos were also helpful when describing genre types. The used book's condition was almost perfect. There was no writing, highlighting, or rips in it.
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chester
1.0 out of 5 stars Just buy the physical copy.
Reviewed in the United States on 23 August 2017
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I don't own a tablet. I can't afford one when I Ned to spend nearly $130 on a text book. I rely on my phone to read for the convenience.

The kindle version of this book is atrocious. You can't change the font size, only zoom in, which is a terrible way to read any book. It's formatted like a direct carbon copy of the physical book, but if you're reading on a phone, the text is too small and gives you eye strain. Avoid at all costs.
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