Studies cinematic devices employed to convey artistic ideas in Goddard's Masculine-Feminine, Hitchcock's Psycho, Bergman's Persona, and Penn's Alice's Restaurant

Discusses the American film industry and depicts the careers of influential film directors, such as Charles Chaplin, Orson Welles, and Robert Altman

Studio executives, producers, directors, screenwriters, actors, actresses, cinematographers, composers, costume designers, agents and casting directors describe their contributions to the making of a movie

Consolidating major figures and film movements into their decade of greatest influence or prestige, this “no-nonsense” book offers a generously illustrated, concise, and very readable history of fiction movies with an emphasis on American cinema. Eclectic in methodology and written in a plain English style that audiences can relate to, it examines the full scope of traditional film history and criticism, viewing film as both an art and an industry– as it mirrors popular audience values, social ideologies, and historical epochs. Film discussions include titles such as Forrest Gump, Jurassic Park, There's Something About Mary, Face Off, the Lion King, Saving Private Ryan, Good Will Hunting, Pulp Fiction, Choosing Amy, The Piano, Menace II Society, Sweet Hereafter, The English Patient, Sense and Sensibility, Shakespeare in live, The Full Monty, The Crying Game, Life is Beautiful, and like Water for Chocolate. For anyone who enjoys going to, and thinking about, the movies.

Product Description: This package contains the following components: -013048783X: Filmmakers on Film (CD) -0205737544: Understanding Movies