| Description |
xxiv, 872 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [808]-864) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Part One: The red velvet seat -- Introduction -- Seeing or being seen -- Touring the audience -- Why we go to the movies -- The spectatrix -- Part Two: What was cinema? --Introduction -- Film aesthetics and the other arts -- Part Three: Cinema as power -- Introduction -- Futurology -- Captive minds -- Enlightenment without tears -- Means of control -- Part Four: The critic's hat -- Introduction -- Naming the object -- Reviewing -- The star -- Film as the national barometer -- In the shadow of war -- The limits of criticism -- Part Five: Cinema as a job -- Introduction -- A job for whom? -- The actress and adventuress -- The screenwriter -- The director -- Working in the auditorium. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures.
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Motion pictures and women.
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| Added Author |
Lant, Antonia, 1956-
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Periz, Ingrid.
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| ISBN |
1859847226 (pbk.) |
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9781859847220 (pbk.) |
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1844671194 (hbk.) |
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9781844671199 (hbk.) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2438157 |
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UKM b99Y5128 |
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YDXCP 1557749 |
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NLGGC 181848414 |
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