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Kenji Mizoguchi's masterpiece Sanshô Dayû (1954) is a version of a famous Japanese folktale about an eleventh-century feudal official forced into exile by his political enemies. In his absence his children fall under the corrupting influence of the malevolent Sansho. In their study of the film, film scholar Dudley Andrew and Japanese literature professor Carole Cavanaugh highlight the cultural, aesthetic and social contexts of this film which ...

It is often claimed that the French invented cinema, and although their prominence may have been supplanted by Hollywood today, the French film industry remains both prolific and highly lauded. Exploring the entire French cinematic oeuvre, Andrew teases out the distinguishing themes, to bring the defining features of French cinema to light.

Updated throughout, Dudley Andrew's biography of Bazin remains the definitive account of the great critic's life and his enduring legacy.

Features contributions from 33 renowned film scholars from four continents who have opened Bazin up in this new century, tracing his lineage, debating his aesthetics, locating him in the rich cultural moment of postwar France, and tracking the effect of his thought around the world.

Although the New Wave, one of the most influential aesthetic revolutions in the history of cinema, might not have existed without him, François Truffaut has largely been ignored by film scholars since his death almost thirty years ago. As an innovative theoretician, an influential critic and a celebrated filmmaker, Truffaut formulated, disseminated and illustrated the ideals of the New Wave with exceptional energy and distinction. Yet no book ...

What Cinema Is! offers an engaging answer to Andre Bazin's famous question through a sweeping look back over the phenomenal ascendancy of a certain "idea of cinema." Written by one of the foremost film scholars of our time, this provocative volume proclaims cinema's distinct value not just for the last century but for our current audio-visual culture. Whatever cinema may yet become, this unique "idea" should orient and guide it. Examining cine...

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Breathless, a low-budget film, came to be regardedas one of the major accomplishments of the French New Wave cinema of the early sixties. It had a tremendous influence on French filmmakers and on world cinema in general. Beyond its significance in film history, it was also a film of considerable cultural impact. In Breathless, Jean-Luc Godard captured the spirit of a disillusioned generation and fashioned a style, which drew on the past, to pa...

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What Cinema Is!" offers an engaging answer to Andre Bazin's famous question, exploring his 'idea of cinema' with a sweeping look back at the near century of Cinema's phenomenal ascendancy. Written by one of the foremost film scholars of our timeEstablishes cinema's distinction from the current enthusiasm over audio-visual entertainment, without relegating cinema to a single, older modeExamines cinema's institutions and its social force through...

Inside Soviet Film Satire is a lively collection of sixteen original essays by Soviet, American and Canadian scholars and film commentators.

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