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Black & white cinema : a short history / Wheeler Winston Dixon.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2015Description: xv, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780813572413 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 081357241X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Black and white cinema
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43/6
LOC classification:
  • PN 1995.9 D621b 2015
Contents:
Origins -- The 1930s: escapism and reality -- The 1940s: a black and white world -- The 1950s: the age of anxiety -- The 1960s: endgame.
Summary: Black and white film - the cinema of shadows and light - is a filmgoer's pleasure and a film student's surprised delight. The greatest films are black and white, from Charlie Chaplin and Keaton, through the masterpieces of Film Noir, up to the the black-and-white rarities of modern cinema. This is the first full account and history of the black-and-white film, which dominated the movies internationally over seven decades. It surveys the art and craft of filming in black and white, discussing the signature styles and technical innovations of award-winning cinematographers like James Wong Howe, Gregg Toland and Sven Nykvist. It also goes behind the scenes to reveal the creative teams whose work profoundly shaped the look of black-and-white cinema. Lavishly illustrated with more than forty well-chosen stills, this short history reviews the cinematic art of a glorious era.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226) and index.

Origins -- The 1930s: escapism and reality -- The 1940s: a black and white world -- The 1950s: the age of anxiety -- The 1960s: endgame.

Black and white film - the cinema of shadows and light - is a filmgoer's pleasure and a film student's surprised delight. The greatest films are black and white, from Charlie Chaplin and Keaton, through the masterpieces of Film Noir, up to the the black-and-white rarities of modern cinema. This is the first full account and history of the black-and-white film, which dominated the movies internationally over seven decades. It surveys the art and craft of filming in black and white, discussing the signature styles and technical innovations of award-winning cinematographers like James Wong Howe, Gregg Toland and Sven Nykvist. It also goes behind the scenes to reveal the creative teams whose work profoundly shaped the look of black-and-white cinema. Lavishly illustrated with more than forty well-chosen stills, this short history reviews the cinematic art of a glorious era.

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