Sklar, Robert.

A world history of film / Robert Sklar. - Rev. and expanded ed. - New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2002. - 600 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 554-559) and index. Filmography: p. 565-579.

Cinema, society, and science -- Early cinema -- Film as art and industry -- The global spread of film -- Hollywood in the 1920s -- The cinemas of Europe -- Soviet cinema -- The transition to sound -- Hollywood genres -- Meeting Hollywood's challenge -- Documentary, propaganda, and politics -- Film and World War II -- Italian neorealism -- Hollywood's struggles -- Art cinema of Europe and Asia -- Hollywood in the 1950s -- The French new wave -- Cinema of liberation -- The new documentary -- American film : turmoil and transformation -- European films of the 1960s and 1970s -- Hollywood recovery -- The cinematic avant-garde -- The global advance of cinema -- English-language art cinema -- New European film -- World cinema -- American cinema : special effects and beyond.

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Motion pictures--History.
Cine--Historia.
Cine--Crítica e interpretación.
Filmkunst.
Films.
Filmindustrie.

PN 1993.5 / S626a 2002

791.4309