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American Cinema
Publisher
Annenberg Learner
Publication Date
[1995]
Language
English
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Introduction: Hollywood Style (3:48); "Magic Chair" (4:43); Narrative Films (2:58); Golden Age of Hollywood (3:39); Studio System (4:01); Invisible Style of Storytelling (2:13); Movie Directors (3:23); Alfred Hitchcock (6:46); Keep Audiences Invested (4:55); Billy Wilder (4:44); Foreign Directors (3:10); Foreign Hollywood Pictures (4:28); Classical Hollywood Style Continues (3:37); Credits: Hollywood Style (2:02);
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Paramount Story (2:43); Hollywood (3:28); Studio Actors (3:06); Contract Studio Director (2:49); Studio Boss (2:23); Internationalizing Production (4:47); Making Films (3:11); Corporate Presidents (2:44); Cinemas (2:29); World War II Erupts (2:00); Declared Unconstitutional (3:47); Artist Exclusivity (4:08); Future Survival (4:58); Rise of the New Hollywood (3:55); Committee System (6:09); Credits: Studio System (1:47);
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Bankable Commodities (3:53); Launch of a Star (5:04); Crawford's Career (4:56); Old Studio System (1:59); Male Hollywood Stars (4:59); Stereotyping Celebrities (6:10); Hollywood News (2:42); Legal Trouble (5:20); Modern Filmmaking (4:11); Type Casting Actors (5:41); Maintaining Popularity (3:12); Star Images (3:21); Credits: Star (2:06);
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Western Film Genre (3:08); Aspects of Western Films (4:46); Cowboy Hero (4:08); Story Told in Images (2:21); "My Darling Clementine" (3:04); "Red River" (4:05); "High Noon" (2:46); "Rio Bravo" (3:09); "The Searchers" (3:52); "The Magnificent Seven" (4:27); Western Gun Fights (4:52); Native Americans and Westerns (4:50); Reinventing the Western (6:25); Credits: The Western (2:06);
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Testing the Limits (2:31); Myth of Romantic Comedy (2:24); Obstacles Occur (2:40); Golden Age of Romantic Comedy (3:06); Directing Romantic Comedies (2:49); Censorship Codes (4:13); Star Driven Genre (3:02); "His Girl Friday" (5:44); "Send Me No Flowers" (6:15); "The Seven Year Itch" (2:15); Films of the 1960s (6:45); 1980s and 1990s (4:14); Creating Relatable Female Characters (4:15); Conclusion: Romantic Comedy (2:11); Credits: Romantic Comedy (1:58);
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War Films (3:39); "All Quiet on the Western Front" (4:05); Combat Picture (3:07); WWII Veterans (7:38); Fuller's Directing Style (1:51); Experience of Combat (4:50); World War II Ends (3:56); "Sands of Iwo Jima" (2:29); Professional Combat Cameramen (3:08); "The Steel Helmet" (4:05); "Platoon" (6:22); Realism and Disillusionment (4:55); Impact of Combat Films (2:18); Credits: The Combat Film (2:02);
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Introduction: Film Noir (3:23); "Force of Evil" (2:24); "Detour" (3:22); Protagonists of Film Noir (2:40); "Murder My Sweet" (3:55); Hays Production Code (3:02); Women and Love Affairs (6:54); Use of Light and Shadows (3:54); Genre Influences (3:09); B-Pictures (3:03); Shooting on Location (6:19); End of Film Noir? (4:57); "Body Heat" (5:25); Credits: Film Noir (2:00);
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Movies Were King (3:33); Entertainment After World War II (4:29); Domestic Dramas (3:34); Color Movies (3:25); Producing an Enormous Audience (3:39); Redefining Filmmaking (2:51); Arthur Penn's Work (2:37); John Frankenheimer's Work (2:06); Mass Persuasion (6:52); Challenging the Establishment (5:32); Dark Side of Media (4:56); Fictional and Reality Combine (4:03); Generating Profits (4:34); Credits: Film in the Television Age (2:04);
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Changing the Movie Industry (2:42); Spielberg's College Years (4:37); Timely Street Movies (3:56); End of the Studio System (5:01); "THX 1138" (4:50); Breakout Hit (3:51); Film Influences (5:38); "Taxi Driver" (2:03); Differences in Filmmaking (2:54); Dominant Force in Hollywood (3:47); Blockbuster Movies (3:20); Creating a Blockbuster (3:01); Staging Elaborate Films (3:34); Conclusion: Film School Generation (3:13); Credits: Film School Generation (2:01);
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Introduction: Edge of Hollywood (3:02); "She's Gotta Have It" (2:40); Negative Pick Ups (2:29); Jim Jarmusch (4:32); Joel and Ethan Coen (6:22); Partnership with Joel Silver (2:10); Steven Soderbergh (3:56); Nancy Savoca (3:06); Quentin Tarantino (6:01); Carl Franklin (4:08); Julie Dash (4:09); Nick Gomez (3:17); Tom Kalin (3:18); Greg Araki (3:12); Credits: Edge of Hollywood (2:04);
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Elements of Film Language (6:52); Shoot Preparation (4:43); Shooting the Scene (9:30); Editing the Scene (5:43); Credits; Film Language (1:05);
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Suspense in Film (4:22); Themes of "Scarlet Street" (3:53); Lead Female Character (3:23); Supporting Female Character (3:58); "Scarlet Street": Marriage (4:14); "Scarlet Street": the Confrontation (5:57); Credits: Writing and Thinking about Film (1:05);
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Introduction: Classical Hollywood Today (6:12); Film Schools (2:48); Foreign Films (2:01); Hero, Heroine, Plotline (3:32); Positives of the Hollywood Style (3:09); Merging Traditional and Personal Storytelling Modes (4:26); Redefining Hollywood Style (3:39); Credits: Classical Hollywood Today (1:04);
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