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9780415772976: Fifty Key American Films (Routledge Key Guides)
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ISBN 10: 0415772974 ISBN 13: 9780415772976
Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

Fifty Key American Films explores and contextualises some of the most important films ever made in the United States. With case studies from the early years of cinema to the present day, this comprehensive Key Guide provides accessible analyses from a range of theoretical perspectives.

This chronologically ordered volume includes coverage of:

  • Citizen Kane

  • Casablanca

  • Psycho

  • Taxi Driver

  • Blade Runner

  • Pulp Fiction

Amongst a raft of well-known films, the work of some of America’s best known directors, such as Lynch, Scorsese, Coppola and Scott, is discussed. This book is essential reading for students of film, and will be of interest to anyone seeking to explore the impact of American cinema.

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About the Author

John White is teacher of Film, English and Media at Parkside Community College and Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. He is co-author of AS Film Studies: The Essential Introduction, A2 Film Studies: The Essential Introduction, and co-editor of Fifty Key British Films, also published by Routledge.

Sabine Haenni teaches Film and American Studies at Cornell University. She is the author of The Immigrant Scene: Ethnic Amusements in New York 1880-1920 and has published widely on popular theatre, early cinema and realist fiction.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415772974
ISBN 13 
9780415772976
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
288
Editor
White John, Haenni Sabine