Cinema Studies Subject Guide
Reference Guides
Introductory Works and Guides
- Film: A Reference Guide
Armour, Robert A. , Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1980
Ref PN1993.45.A75 - Film researcher's handbook: a guide to sources in North America, South America, Asia, Australasia and Africa
Morgan, Jenny. New York : Routledge, 1996
PN1994 .F438 1996 - The Film Studies Dictionary
Blandford, Steve, Barry Keith Grant, and Jim Hillier. London: Arnold; New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Ref PN1993.45.B53 2001 - Film Theory: An Introduction
Stam, Robert. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2000.
PN1995.S6739 2000 - Halliwell's Filmgoer's and Video Viewer's Companion. 10th ed
Walker, John, ed. New York: HarperPerennial, 1993.
Ref PN1993.45.H3 1993 - International Guide to Literature on Film
Costello, Tom. Ed. London: Baker Saur, 1994.
PN1997.85.I67 - An Introduction to World Cinema
Gazetas, Aristides. . Jefferson, NC.: McFarland & Company, 2000.
PN1993.5.A1G39 - Moving Image Genre-Form Guide
- The Oxford Companion to Film
Bawden, Liz-Anne. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976
Ref PN1993.45.B3 - Understanding Movies
Giannetti, Louis. Englewood Cliffs, NJ.: Prentice Hall, 1993. 6th Ed.
PN1994.G47 1993
Although a little dated, it still remains “a reference guide to film for the person beginning serious study of the medium…” (xi). Written as a bibliographic essay.
Although there are no biographical entries, this work “attempts to balance both aesthetic and industrial technology guided by our perceptions of the needs of the range of contemporary students.”
The author claims that “my hope in this book is to provide a reasonably comprehensive overview of film theory during ‘the century of the cinema,’ for those already familiar with the subject and those with little previous knowledge.”
This volume “aims to be the most comprehensive one-volume guide to the cinema from its monochrome, silent beginnings to the colourful, stereo sensurround, wide-screen present.” Contains over 1000 entries.
“The main purpose of this book is to provide all the necessary information to discover if a significant work of literature has been filmed.” Arranged alphabetically by author.
This volume looks at cinema as an art form and also as a device for political and social change. Starts with the invention of cinema and ends with a look at postcolonial cinema.
Library of Congress list of genre and form headings.
”The aim…is to answer any query which may occur to the amateur of film in the course of reading or film going and lead him on to topics of related interest…” (vii)
An excellent introductory text book on film criticism with a focus on a dichotomy between realism and formalism.
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