Film History: An Introduction by Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell Published in 1994 by McGraw Hill Film History: An Introduction is a comprehensive survey that not only acknowledges the contributions of U.S. films but broadens its scope to examine film-making internationally. It is one of the most researched, comprehensive survey of film history yet available. As with the authors' Film Art, concepts and events are illustrated with actual frame enlargements, giving students realistic points of references. Special features of this text include: an holistic approach by offering an in-depth look at the historical influences of filmmakers from around the globe the inclusion of the four types of cinema commercial, experimental, documentary, and annimated film consistently throughout the book over 1,400 frame enlargements emphasis of the importance of the individual filmmaker. For example, Chapter 29, examines the contributions of eight international directors Ingmar Bergman, Akira Kurosawa, Federico Fellini, to name a few whose works demonstrate the idea of authorship and have been the catalysts for change in cinematic history Contents: The Invention and Early Years of the Cinema, 1880's-1904. The International Expansion of the Cinema, 1905-1912. National Cinemas, Hollywood Classicism, and World War I, 1913-1919. France in the 1920's. Germany in the 1920's. Soviet Cinema in the 1920's. The Late Silent Era in Hollywood 1920-1928. International Trends of the 1920's. The Introduction of Sound. The Hollywood Studio System, 1930-1945. Other Studio Systems. Cinema and the State: The USSR, Germany, and Italy, 1930-1945. France, 1930-1945: Poetic Realism, the Popular Front, and the Occupation. Leftist, Documentary, and Experimental Cinemas, 1930-1945. American Cinema in the Postwar Era, 1946-1967. Postwar European Cinema: Neorealism and Other Trends. Postwar European Cinema: France, Scandinavia, and Britain. Postwar Cinema Beyond the West. Art Cinema and the Idea of Authorship. New Waves and Young Cinemas. Documentary and Experimental Cinema in the Postwar Era. Third World Cinema, 1960's-1970's: Mass Production and Revolutionary Politics. Critical Political Cinema of the 1960's and 1970's. Documentary and Experimental Film. Hollywood's Fall and Rise: Since the 1960's. New Cinemas and New Developments: Europe, the USSR, and the Pacific Since the 1970's. New Cinemas in Developing Countries Since the 1970's. Conclusion. Bibliography. Glossary

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