This study looks at how the movie industry organisation functioned between the late ‘40s and 1983 when it was originally published. It describes the changing

This book covers the 1960's as part of the definitive history of American cinema from its emergence in the 1800s to the present day.

From the kinetoscope, used by one viewer at a time, to the lavish movie palaces of Hollywood's golden era, the experience of watching films has varied enormousl

This anthology addresses the salient aesthetic, ideological and economic determinants of independent American cinema over the past three decades.

The four volumes of Film Study include a fresh approach to each of the basic categories in the original edition. Volume one examines the film as film; volume tw