A Companion To D. W. Griffith (wiley Blackwell Companions To Film Directors)
by Charles Keil /
2017 / English / PDF
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The most comprehensive volume on one of the most controversial
directors in American film history
The most comprehensive volume on one of the most controversial
directors in American film historyA Companion to D.W. Griffith
A Companion to D.W. Griffith offers an exhaustive look at
the first acknowledged auteur of the cinema and provides an
authoritative account of the director’s life, work, and lasting
filmic legacy.
offers an exhaustive look at
the first acknowledged auteur of the cinema and provides an
authoritative account of the director’s life, work, and lasting
filmic legacy.
The text explores how Griffith’s style and status advanced along
with cinema’s own development during the years when narrative
became the dominant mode, when the short gave way to the feature,
and when film became the pre-eminent form of mass entertainment.
Griffith was at the centre of each of these changes: though a
contested figure, he remains vital to any understanding of how
cinema moved from nickelodeon fixture to a national pastime,
playing a significant role in the cultural ethos of America.
The text explores how Griffith’s style and status advanced along
with cinema’s own development during the years when narrative
became the dominant mode, when the short gave way to the feature,
and when film became the pre-eminent form of mass entertainment.
Griffith was at the centre of each of these changes: though a
contested figure, he remains vital to any understanding of how
cinema moved from nickelodeon fixture to a national pastime,
playing a significant role in the cultural ethos of America.
With the renewed interest in Griffith’s contributions to the film
industry,
With the renewed interest in Griffith’s contributions to the film
industry,A Companion to D.W. Griffith
A Companion to D.W. Griffith offers a scholarly
look at a career that spanned more than 25 years. The editor, a
leading scholar on D.W. Griffith, and the expert contributors
collectively offer a unique account of one of the monumental
figures in film studies.
offers a scholarly
look at a career that spanned more than 25 years. The editor, a
leading scholar on D.W. Griffith, and the expert contributors
collectively offer a unique account of one of the monumental
figures in film studies.Presents the most authoritative, complete account of the
director’s life, work, and lasting legacy
Presents the most authoritative, complete account of the
director’s life, work, and lasting legacyBuilds on the recent resurgence in the director’s scholarly
and popular reputation
Builds on the recent resurgence in the director’s scholarly
and popular reputationEdited by a leading authority on D.W. Griffith, who has
published extensively on this controversial director
Edited by a leading authority on D.W. Griffith, who has
published extensively on this controversial directorOffers the most up-to-date, singularly comprehensive volume
on one of the monumental figures in film studies
Offers the most up-to-date, singularly comprehensive volume
on one of the monumental figures in film studies