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  | | A Short History of Film, Third Edition(3rd Edition) by Wheeler Winston Dixon, Professor Gwendolyn Audrey Foster Paperback, 524 Pages, Published 2018 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-9512-2, ISBN: 0-8135-9512-6 "With more than 250 images, new information on international cinema—especially Polish, Chinese, Russian, Canadian, and Iranian filmmakers—an expanded section on African-American filmmakers, updated discussions of new works by major American directors, and a new section on the rise of comic book movies and computer generated special effects, this is the most up to date resource for film history courses in the twenty-first century. " |
 | | Visions of the Apocalypse(1st Edition) Spectacles of Destruction in American Cinema by Wheeler Winston Dixon Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2003 by Wallflower Press ISBN-13: 978-1-903364-74-1, ISBN: 1-903364-74-4 " Visions of the Apocalypse examines the cinema's fascination with the prospect of nuclear and/or natural annihilation, as seen in such films as Saving Private Ryan, Bowling for Columbine, We Were Soldiers, Invasion U.S.A., The Last War, Tidal Wave, The Bed Sitting Room, The Last Days of Man on Earth and numerous others. It also considers the ways in which contemporary cinema has become increasingly hyper-conglomerised, leading to films ..." |
 | | Early Film Criticism of Francois Truffaut (Midland Book) by Wheeler Winston Dixon, Ruth Cassel Hoffman, Sonja Kropp, Francois Truffaut, Brigitte Formentin-Humbert, Ruth C. Hoffman Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1993 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-20771-5, ISBN: 0-253-20771-1 "Before turning to filmmaking, Franiois Truffaut was a film critic writing for "Cahiers du Cinema" during the 1950s. "The Early Film Criticism of Franiois Truffaut" makes available, for the first time in English, articles that originally appeared in French journals such as "Cahiers du Cinema" and "Arts". Wheeler Winston Dixon puts Truffaut's commentary in context, and the articles translated for this study give the reader an overview of ..." |
 | | The Films of Terence Fisher Hammer Horror and Beyond by Wheeler Winston Dixon, John Carpenter Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2017 by Auteur Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-1-911325-34-5, ISBN: 1-911325-34-5 "Tracing the entire career of the British director Terence Fisher, best known for his Gothic horror films for Hammer―such as The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958)―The Films of Terence Fisher covers not only his horror films, but also his film noirs, comedies, and early apprenticeship work to create a full picture of Fisher's life and work. Based on the work Dixon did in his groundbreaking study The Charm of Evil, this is an ..." |
 | | Disaster and Memory Celebrity Culture and the Crisis of Hollywood Cinema (Paperback) by Wheeler Winston Dixon Paperback, 220 Pages, Published 1999 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-11317-5, ISBN: 0-231-11317-X "Diana's death was only one of many in 1997. Why did it have such an enormous worldwide impact? And why did the media seize the spectacle of Diana's sixteen years of public life with such intensity and scrutiny? These are just a few of the topics I wish to examine here, along with related areas of critical and theoretical concern. The author wishes to thank Jan Jarvis for her superb and painstaking research on this project, as well ..." |
 | | The Films of Jean-Luc Godard(1st Edition) (Suny Series, Cultural Studies in Cinema/Video) by Wheeler Winston Dixon Paperback, 310 Pages, Published 1997 by State University Of New York Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-3286-0, ISBN: 0-7914-3286-6 "One of the most important, controversial, and prolific filmmakers in film history, and a founder of French New Wave cinema, Jean-Luc Godard has maintained an unbroken string of films in various genres and mediums from the late 1950s onward. Godard has established a reputation as a rebel who can work within and outside the system, producing films that are creative, breathtakingly beautiful, and yet commercial enough to earn back their pr ..." |
 | | The Exploding Eye A Re-Visionary History of 1960s American Experimental Cinema (SUNY Series Cultural Studies in Cinema/Video) by Wheeler Winston Dixon Paperback, 268 Pages, Published 1997 by State University Of New York Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-3566-3, ISBN: 0-7914-3566-0 "Explores the work of lesser-known American experimental filmmakers whose films, though well-received and influential, have been excluded from the dominant film canon."This book brings together an extraordinary spectrum of filmmakers and documents that represent the spirit of a vital period in the history of American independent filmmaking and cinema in general. By letting these auteurs, in effect, speak for themselves and by not discrim ..." |
 | | The Films of Terence Fisher Hammer Horror and Beyond by Wheeler Winston Dixon, John Carpenter Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2017 by Auteur Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-1-911325-33-8, ISBN: 1-911325-33-7 "Tracing the entire career of the British director Terence Fisher, best known for his Gothic horror films for Hammer―such as The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958)―The Films of Terence Fisher covers not only his horror films, but also his film noirs, comedies, and early apprenticeship work to create a full picture of Fisher's life and work. Based on the work Dixon did in his groundbreaking study The Charm of Evil, this is an ..." |
 | | Streaming(1st Edition) Movies, Media, and Instant Access by Wheeler Winston Dixon Paperback, 184 Pages, Published 2013 by University Press Of Kentucky ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-4219-7, ISBN: 0-8131-4219-9 "Film stocks are vanishing, but the iconic images of the silver screen remain -- albeit in new, sleeker formats. Today, viewers can instantly stream movies on televisions, computers, and smartphones. Gone are the days when films could only be seen in theatres or rented at video stores: movies are now accessible at the click of a button, and there are no reels, tapes, or discs to store. Any film or show worth keeping may be collected in t ..." |
 | | Film Talk Directors at Work by Wheeler Winston Dixon Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2007 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-4078-8, ISBN: 0-8135-4078-X "What 1970s Hollywood filmmaker influenced Quentin Tarantino? How have contemporary Japanese horror films inspired Takashi Shimizu, director of the huge box office hit The Grudge? What is it like to be an African American director in the twenty-first century?The answers to these questions, along with many more little-known facts and insights, can be found in Film Talk, an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at filmmaking from the 1940s to t ..." |
 | | A Short History of Film(2nd Edition) by Professor Wheeler Winston Dixon, Professor Gwendolyn Audrey Foster Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2013 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-6055-7, ISBN: 0-8135-6055-1 " Selected as an Outstanding University Press Book for Public and Secondary School Usage, American Association of University Presses. Selected as a Most Significant University Press Title for undergraduates by Choice. A Short History of Film, Second Edition, provides a concise and accurate overview of the history of world cinema, detailing the major movements, directors, studios, and genres from 1896 through 2012. Accompanied by more tha ..." |
 | | Experimental Cinema, The Film Reader(1st Edition) (In Focus: Routledge Film Readers) by Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, Wheeler Winston Dixon Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2002 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-27787-7, ISBN: 0-415-27787-6 " Experimental Cinema, The Film Reader brings together key writings onAmerican avant-garde cinema to explore the long tradition of underground filmmaking from its origins in the 1920s to the work of contemporary film and video artists. The Reader traces the development of major movements such as the New American Cinema of the 1960s and the Structuralist films of the 1970s, examining the work of key practitioners and reco ..." |
 | | Film Genre 2000 New Critical Essays (SUNY series, Cultural Studies in Cinema/Video ) by Wheeler Winston Dixon Paperback, 274 Pages, Published 2000 by State University Of New York Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-4514-3, ISBN: 0-7914-4514-3 "Covering over 100 feature films in critical depth and detail, this reader provides an excellent introduction to American genre filmmaking since 1990. These previously unpublished essays by prominent film scholars each address a different film genre from science fiction to romance to 90s noir as well as the ways in which genre filmmaking as a whole has been changed by the new technologies and market forces that are shaping the future of ..." |
 | | Black and White Cinema A Short History by Wheeler Winston Dixon Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2015 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-7242-0, ISBN: 0-8135-7242-8 "From the glossy monochrome of the classic Hollywood romance, to the gritty greyscale of the gangster picture, to film noir’s moody interplay of light and shadow, black-and-white cinematography has been used to create a remarkably wide array of tones. Yet today, with black-and-white film stock nearly impossible to find, these cinematographic techniques are virtually extinct, and filmgoers’ appreciation of them is similarly waning. Bla ..." |
 | | Streaming Movies, Media, and Instant Access (Hardback) by Wheeler Winston Dixon Hardcover, 202 Pages, Published 2013 by The University Press Of Kentucky ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-4217-3, ISBN: 0-8131-4217-2 "Film stocks are vanishing, but the iconic images of the silver screen remain-albeit in new, sleeker formats. Today, viewers can in-stantly stream movies on televisions, computers, and smartphones. Gone are the days when films could only be seen in theaters or rented at video stores: movies are now accessible at the click of a button, and there are no reels, tapes, or discs to store. Any film or show worth keeping may be collected in the ..." |
 | | Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia by Wheeler Winston Dixon Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2009 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-4521-9, ISBN: 0-8135-4521-8 ""Noir." A shadow looms. The blow, a sharp surprise. Waking and sleeping, the fear is with us and cannot be contained. "Paranoia."Wheeler Winston Dixon's comprehensive work engages readers in an overview of noir and fatalist film from the mid-twentieth century to the present, ending with a discussion of television, the Internet, and dominant commercial cinema. Beginning with the 1940s classics, "Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia" move ..." |
 | | Visions of Paradise Images of Eden in the Cinema by Wheeler Winston Dixon Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2006 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-3798-6, ISBN: 0-8135-3798-3 "Depictions of sex, violence, and crime abound in many of today's movies, sometimes making it seem that the idyllic life has vanished-even from our imaginations. But as shown in this unique book, paradise has not always been lost. For many years, depictions of heaven, earthly paradises, and utopias were common in popular films.Illustrated throughout with intriguing, rare stills and organized to provide historical context, Visions of ..." |
 | | The Transparency of Spectacle Meditations on the Moving Image (SUNY Series in Postmodern Culture) by Wheeler Winston Dixon Paperback, 244 Pages, Published 1998 by State University Of New York Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-3782-7, ISBN: 0-7914-3782-5 "The Transparency of Spectacle considers the ephemeral nature of the cinematic experience as we now apprehend it, and examines the ways in which technological advances in film and moving image production have changed this experience over the course of the last thirty-odd years. While agreeing that the "digitization" of the cinema is inevitable, and even a necessary adjustment to the economic realities of end-of-the-millennium cinema prod ..." |
 | | American Cinema of the 1940s Themes and Variations (Screen Decades: American Culture/American Cinema (Paperback)) by Professor Wheeler Winston Dixon, Rutgers University Press Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2005 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-3700-9, ISBN: 0-8135-3700-2 "The 1940s was a watershed decade for American cinema and the nation. Shaking off the grim legacy of the Depression, Hollywood launched an unprecedented wave of production, generating some of its most memorable classics, including Citizen Kane, Rebecca, The Lady Eve, Sergeant York, and How Green Was My Valley. In 1942, Hollywood joined the national war effort with a vengeance, creating a series of patriotic and escapist films, such as Ca ..." |
 | | A Short History of Film, Third Edition(3rd Edition) by Wheeler Winston Dixon, Gwendolyn Audrey Foster Hardcover, 524 Pages, Published 2018 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-9513-9, ISBN: 0-8135-9513-4 "With more than 250 images, new information on international cinema—especially Polish, Chinese, Russian, Canadian, and Iranian filmmakers—an expanded section on African-American filmmakers, updated discussions of new works by major American directors, and a new section on the rise of comic book movies and computer generated special effects, this is the most up to date resource for film history courses in the twenty-first century. " |
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