Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-369) and index
Non-linear storytelling: Amores Perros. -- Transformation of the American comedy: Annie Hall. -- Tableau narrative structure and sound design: Apocalypse now. -- The body as cinematic landscape: L'Avventura. -- Editing -- Russian montage: The battleship Potemkin. -- Italian neorealism: The bicycle thief. -- Production design: Blade runner. -- Dream state: Blue velvet. -- The period film as mirror for the present: Bonnie and Clyde. -- Expressionism in cinema: The cabinet of Dr. Caligari. -- Classical Hollywood film style: Casablanca. -- Surrealism in cinema: Un chien Andalou. -- The authorial voice: Citizen Kane. -- Shot structure: The crowd. -- Thematic unity: The Decalogue. -- Mythopoetic film: Dog star man. -- Political objectives through cinematic storytelling: Do the right thing. -- Film noir: Double indemnity. -- The personal film: 8 1/2. -- Animation and music: Fantasia. -- An American musical: 42nd Street. -- New York filmmaking: The French connection. -- Period comedy: The general. -- Parallel storytelling: Intolerance. -- French New Wave: Jules and Jim. -- The epic: Lawrence of Arabia. -- The political thriller: The Manchurian candidate. -- Self-referential cinema: Man with a movie camera. -- Architecture in production design: Metropolis. -- Roots of documentary film: Nanook of the North. -- Multiplot, multicharacter narrative: Nashville. -- Method acting: On the waterfront. -- The close-up: The passion of Joan of Arc. -- Dark side of American cinema: Psycho. -- Subtext in personal expression: Raging bull. -- Multiple point-of-view narrative: Rashomon. -- Widescreen filmmaking: Rebel without a cause. -- Camera movement as metaphor: La Ronde. -- Mise-en-scène: Rules of the game. -- Direct cinema: Salesman. -- The Freudian western: The searchers. -- Defining, theme, metaphor, and character through color, texture, and environmental design: Se7en. -- Symbolism in the cinema: The seventh seal. -- Art of the B movie: Shock corridor. -- Digital filmmaking: Star wars: Episode II -- Attack of the clones. -- Birth of a nonfiction film style: The thin blue line. -- Experimental narrative: 2001: a space odyssey. -- The essay film: Weekend. -- Screen violence as metaphor: The wild bunch. -- Independent filmmaking: A woman under the influence
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Provides an enjoyable and accessible education in the art of cinema, using 50 landmark films spanning the history of the medium