Covering everything from Edison to Avatar, Gomery and
Pafort-Overduin have written the clearest, best organized, and most
user-friendly film history textbook on the market. It masterfully
distills the major trends and movements of film history, so that
the subject can be taught in one semester. And each chapter
includes a compelling case study that highlights an important
moment in movie history and, at the same time, subtly introduces a
methodological approach. This book is a pleasure to read and to
teach. Peter Decherney, University of Pennsylvania, USA In addition
to providing a comprehensive overview of the development of film
around the world, the book gives us examples of how to do film
history, including organizing the details and discussing their
implications.Hugh McCarney, Western Connecticut State University,
USA Douglas Gomery and Clara Pafort-Overduin have created an
outstanding textbook with an impressive breadth of content,
covering over 100 years in the evolution of cinema. Movie History:
A Survey is an engaging book that will reward readers with a
contemporary perspective of the history of motion pictures and
provide a solid foundation for the study of film. Matthew Hanson,
Eastern Michigan University, USA How can we understand the history
of film? Historical facts don't answer the basic questions of film
history. History, as this fascinating book shows, is more than the
simple accumulation of film titles, facts and figures. This is a
survey of over 100 years of cinema history, from its beginnings in
1895, to its current state in the twenty-first century. An
accessible, introductory text, Movie History: A Survey looks at not
only the major films, filmmakers, and cinema institutions
throughout the years, but also extends to the production,
distribution, exhibition, technology and reception of films. The
textbook is divided chronologically into four sections, using the
timeline of technological changes: Section One looks at the era of
silent movies from 1895 to 1927; Section Two starts with the coming
of sound and covers 1928 until 1950; Section Three runs from 1951
to 1975 and deals with the coming and development of television;
and Section Four focuses on the coming of home video and the
transition to digital, from 1975 to 2010. Key pedagogical features
include: timelines in each section help students to situate the
films within a broader historical context case study boxes with
close-up analysis of specific film histories and a particular
emphasis on film reception lavishly illustrated with over 450 color
images to put faces to names, and to connect pictures to film
titles margin notes add background information and clarity glossary
for clear understanding of the key terms described references and
further reading at the end of each chapter to enhance further
study. A supporting website is available at
www.routledge.com/textbooks/moviehistory, with lots of extra
materials, useful for the classroom or independent study,
including: additional case studies - new, in-depth and unique to
the website international case studies - for the Netherlands in
Dutch and English timeline - A movie history timeline charting key
dates in the history of cinema from 1890 to the present day
revision flash cards - ideal for getting to grips with key terms in
film studies related resources - on the website you will find every
link from the book for ease of use, plus access to additional
online material students are also invited to submit their own movie
history case studies - see website for details Written by two
highly respected film scholars and experienced teachers, Movie
History is the ideal textbook for students studying film history.
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