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Film Art: An Introduction Paperback – 1 February 2008

by David Bordwell (Author), Kristin Thompson (Author)
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Film is an art form with a language and an aesthetic all its own. Since 1979, David Bordwell's and Kristin Thompson's "Film Art" has been the best-selling and widely respected introduction to the analysis of cinema. While it continues to provide the best introduction to the fundamentals of serious film study, the eighth edition has been revised be more classroom friendly by introducing film techniques earlier in the text, followed by the chapters on Film Genres. Supported by a text-specific Tutorial CD-ROM with video clips, "Film Art" is automatically packaged with this outstanding student learning tool.
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  1. Print length
    528 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    McGraw Hill Higher Education
  4. Publication date
    1 February 2008
  5. Dimensions
    20.32 x 1.83 x 25.4 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0071286446
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0071286442
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David Bordwell is Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds a master's degree and a doctorate from the University of Iowa. He is the author of The Films of Carl Theodor Dreyer (University California Press, 1981), Narration in the Fiction Film (University Wisconsin Press, 1985), Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema (British Film Institute/Princeton University Press, 1988), Making Meaning: Inference and Rhetoric in the Interpretation of Cinema (Harvard University Press, 1989), The Cinema of Eisenstein (Harvard University Press, 1993), On the History of Film Style (Harvard University Press, 1997) and Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment (Harvard University Press, 2000). He has won a University Distinguished Teaching Award. Kristin Thompson is an Honorary Fellow at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She holds a master's degree in film from the University of Iowa and a doctorate in film from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She has published Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible (Princeton University Press, 1981), Exporting Entertainment: America's Place in World Film Markets, 1907-1934 (British Film Institute, 1985), Breaking the Glass Armor: Neoformalist Film Analysis (Princeton University Press, 1988), and Wooster Proposes, Jeeves Disposes; or Le Mot Juste (James H. Heinman, 1992). In her spare time she studies Egyptology. The authors have collaborated on Film History (McGraw-Hill, 1994) with Janet Staiger, on The Classical Hollywood Cinema (Columbia University Press, 1985) and Storytelling in the New Hollywood (Harvard University Press, 1999)

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw Hill Higher Education; 8th edition (1 February 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 528 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0071286446
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0071286442
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20.32 x 1.83 x 25.4 cm
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    David Bordwell is Jacques Ledoux Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds a master's degree and a doctorate in film from the University of Iowa. His books include The Films of Carl Theodor Dreyer (University of California Press, 1981), Narration in the Fiction Film (University of Wisconsin Press, 1985), Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema (Princeton University Press, 1988), Making Meaning: Inference and Rhetoric in the Interpretation of Cinema (Harvard University Press, 1989), The Cinema of Eisenstein (Harvard University Press, 1993), On the History of Film Style (Harvard University Press, 1997), Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment (Harvard University Press, 2000), Figures Traced in Light: On Cinematic Staging (University of California Press, 2005), The Way Hollywood Tells It: Story and Style in Modern Movies (University of California Press, 2006), and The Poetics of Cinema (Routledge, 2008). He has won a University Distinguished Teaching Award and was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Copenhagen. His web site is www.davidbordwell.net.

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  • wzlop
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good
    Reviewed in France on 21 February 2013
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    C'est une bonne introduction au cinéma. surtout le sous chapitre du son dans le cinéma, qui est un bon complément des théorie du son dans le cinéma de Claudia Gorbman ou de Michel Chion.
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  • Minghui Lin
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good book
    Reviewed in Canada on 22 November 2024
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    The book itself is good and shipped fast, but the CD-ROM page is not in new condition.
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    Reviewed in Canada on 22 November 2024
    The book itself is good and shipped fast, but the CD-ROM page is not in new condition.
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  • Batty
    5.0 out of 5 stars For Film Buffs!
    Reviewed in the United States on 9 October 2009
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    This book goes through the basics into the intermediate stages of understanding film. The pages are bright and the text is very interesting. I read most of this textbook for fun. The specific reference films are good ones so you won't mind watching them(which I highly suggest anyway). The pacing is great and the topics covered include film art and how to understand what you're watching as well as some technical aspects. I learned quite a bit in the 1st chapter alone - this is what a textbook should be like!
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  • dalroth5
    5.0 out of 5 stars A must for Film Studies
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 March 2016
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    This book is absolutely required reading for any serious student of cinema. From the business end to technicalities of production such as style, editing and details of mise en scène, it's all here with wonderful examples from many eras and
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