Cinema Today
Published on 28. September 2003
Book
Hardback
512 pages
978-0-7148-4081-9 (ISBN)
Description
Cinema Today
is a survey of world cinema and the films that have dominated our screens over the last 30 years. Written by Edward Buscombe, academic and leading authority on Westerns,
Cinema Today
marks the key turning points in the film industry, identifies important trends and assesses the work of film-makers who have made a significant contribution to the medium since 1970. Fully illustrated,
Cinema Today
is informative, comprehensive and up to date, and provides a unique resource for academics, students and anyone with an interest in the moving image and the film industry.
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'Cinema Today is informative, comprehensive and up to date, and provides a unique resource for academics, students and anyone with an interest in the moving image and the film industry...an invaluable reference tool.' (Cinema Technology)'This epic survey of post-1970 cinema is possibly the most addictive film book ever published. Wherever you open it, your eye is struck by an iconic or striking image...Linked by a judicious text the book's 500 pages are equally divided between films you know and films you'd like to know.' (Independent)
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Edward Buscombe is a leading authority on cinema, having lectured and written on film for over 30 years. Formerly Head of Publishing at the British Film Institute, Buscombe is a regular contributor to film journals and has written several books.
Content
Hollywood and the rise of the blockbuster; crime and action spectaculars; new science fiction; horror; comedy and comedians; classic genres revived; auteurs and independents; X-rated; women and film; gay and lesbian cinema; Hollywood and ethnicity; national identities in Western Europe; Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union; the Middle East and the Muslim world; Bollywood and new Indian cinema; African voices; cinema in the Far East; cinema in Australia, Canada, New Zealand; Latin America; cinema tomorrow.