Introductions

Cameras

Documentaries

Dracula

Editing

Zombies

Glossary of Film Terms

Introductions
Table of Contents--Introductions

Across the Universe
Table of Contents--Across the Universe

All the President's Men--Good Night and Good Luck
Table of Contents--All the President's Men

Pedro Almodovar
Table of Contents--Pedro Almodvar

Amadeus
Table of Contents--Amadeus

American Beauty
Table of Contents--American Beauty

Animation
Table of Contents--Animation

Apocalypse Now
Table of Contents--Apocalypse Now

Apollo 13
Table of Contents--Apollo 13

Babel
Table of Contents--Babel

Batman
Table of Contents--Batman

A Beautiful Mind
Table of Contents--A Beautiful Mind

La Belle et la Bête (The Beauty and the Beast)
Table of Contents--La Belle et la Bête (The Beauty and the Beast)

A Beautiful Mind
Table of Contents--A Beautiful Mind

Biography
Table of Contents--Biography

The Birth of a Nation
(See also Introductions.)
The Birth of a Nation: A Story Told without Sound
..Lauren Daniel
Getting One Over on the Director
..Jackie Hawes
The Birth of a Nation--King Kong
(See also Introductions.)
Music Makes the Movie
..Jennifer Farley
Table of Contents--The Birth of a Nation

Blacklists
Table of Contents--Blacklists

Blade
Table of Contents--Blade

Blazing Saddles
Blacklists
Table of Contents--Blacklists

(See also Bonnie and Clyde).
Table of Contents--Blazing Saddles

Blood Diamond
Table of Contents--Blood Diamond

Don Bluth
Table of Contents?Don Bluth

Bonnie and Clyde
(See also Introductions.)
Table of Contents?-Bonnie and Clyde

Marlon Brando
Table of Contents?-Marlon Brando

Braveheart
Table of Contents?-Braveheart

Brazil
(See also Science Fiction.)
Table of Contents?-Brazil

Brokeback Mountain
Table of Contents?-Brokeback Mountain

Bronenosets Potyomkin
Table of Contents--Bronenosets Potyomkin (Battleship Potemkin)

Tim Burton
Table of Contents--Tim Burton

Caddyshack
(See also Duck Soup.)
Table of Contents--Caddyshack

Cameras
Table of Contents--Cameras

Catch Me if You Can
Table of Contents--Catch Me if You Can

Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin and Duck Soup
Table of Contents?Charlie Chaplin

Un chien andalou (An Andalusian Dog)
(See also Introductions.)
Table of Contents--Un chien andalou (An Andalusian Dog)

Chicago
(See also Introductions.)
Table of Contents--Chicago
Cinderella Man
Table of Contents--Cinderella Mane

Citizen Kane
The American Dream: Not Guaranteed
..Jackie Hawes
See also Un chien andalou, Eight and a Half, Introductions, and Special Effects.)
Citizen Kane and Pulp Fiction
Table of Contents--Citizen Kane

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Table of Contents--Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(See also Special Effects.)

Color
Table of Contents--Color

Color and Sound
Table of Contents--Color and Sound

Comedy
Table of Contents--Comedy

Cool Hand Luke
Table of Contents--Cool Hand Luke

Courage under Fire--Rashômon
Table of Contents--Courage under Fire

Crash
Table of Contents--Crash

David Cronenberg
Table of Contents--David Croneberg

D. W. Griffith
Table of Contents--D. W. Griffith

Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks
Table of Contents--Tom Cruise

Culture
Table of Contents--Culture

Curious George
Table of Contents--Curious George

Dances with Wolves
See also Into the Wild
Table of Contents--Dances with Wolves

Dead Poets Society
Table of Contents--Dead Poets Society

Leo DiCaprio [The Aviator, The Basketball Diaries, Catch Me if You Can, The Departed, The Man in the Iron Mask, Romeo and Julietand in Titanic, What's Eating Gilbert Grape].
Table of Contents--Leo DiCaprio

Definitely, Maybe
Table of Contents--Definitely, Maybe

Domino
Table of Contents--Domino

Down with Love
(See also Introductions.)
Table of Contents--Down with Love

Dracula
See also Nosferatu
Table of Contents--Dracula

The Dreamers
Table of Contents--The Dreamers

Dreams
Nature Lessons by Akira Kurosawa
..Jackie Hawes
Table of Contents--Dreams

Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb
Table of Contents--Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb

Duck Soup
(See also Caddyshack.)
See Charlie Chaplin
Duck Soup--King Kong
Table of Contents--Duck Soup

Easy Rider
Table of Contents--Easy Rider

Editing
Table of Contents--Editing

8 1/2
(See also Citizen Kane.)
Table of Contents--8 1/2

Elizabethtown
Table of Contents--Elizabethtown

Erin Brockovich
Table of Contents--Erin Brockovich

The Evil Dead
Table of Contents--The Evil Dead

The Exorcist
Table of Contents--The Exorcist

Expressionism
Table of Contents--Expressionism

The Faculty
(See also Invasion of the Body Snatchers.)
Film Noir
(See also Expressionism.)
Table of Contents--Film Noir
The Fog of War
Table of Contents--The Fog of War

Forrest Gump
(See also Introductions.)
Table of Contents--Forrest Gump

The French Connection
(See also Introductions.)
Table of Contents--The French Connection

The French Connection
(See also Introductions.)
Table of Contents--The French Connection

The Gangs of New York
Table of Contents--The Gangs of New York:

Gertie the Dinosaur
(See also Special Efects.)
Table of Contents--Gertie the Dinosaur

Gladiator
Table of Contents--Gladiator

The Glory Road
Table of Contents--Glory Road

The Gold Rush
The Film that Inspired Comedy
..Ryan Hays
Table of Contents--The Gold Rush

The Golden Age of Hollywood
Table of Contents--The Golden Age of Hollywood

Gone With the Wind
(See also Introductions and The Birth of a Nation.)
Table of Contents--Gone With the Wind

Good Morning Vietnam
Table of Contents-Good Morning Vietnam

Good Night and Good Luck
Table of Contents--Good Night and Good Luck

Good Will Hunting
Table of Contents--Good Will Hunting

The Graduate
Table of Contents--The Graduate

Cary Grant
Table of Contents?Cary Grant

The Greatest Story Ever Told
Table of Contents--The Greatest Story Ever Told

Greed
The Cause and Effect of Greed
..Ryan Hays
(See also The Birth of a Nation.)
Table of Contents--Greed

Halloween
Table of Contents--Halloween

Tom Hanks
Table of Contents--Tom Hanks

Harold and Maude
Table of Contents--Harold and Maude

Harry Potter
Table of Contents--Harry Potter

High Noon
High Noon: A Battle to the Death
..Lauren Daniel
(See also Introductions.)
Table of Contents--High Noon

Alfred Hitchcock
Table of Contents--Alfred Hitchcock

Hollywood Film Studios
Table of Contents--Hollywood Film Studios

Horror
Under Evil's Shadowy Influence: A Cinematic Romance
..Kathleen Burnham
Table of Contents--Horror

An Inconvenient Truth
Table of Contents--An Inconvenient Truth

Industrial Light and Magic
Table of Contents--Industrial Light and Magic

Into the Wild
(See also Dances with Wolves.)
Table of Contents?Into the Wild

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
(See also Introductions.)
Table of Contents--Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Jaws
Table of Contents--Jaws

Jesus Camp
Table of Contents--Jesus Camp

Joy Luck Club
Table of Contents--Joy Luck Club

Jump Cuts
Table of Contents--Jump Cuts

Jurassic Park
(See also Science Fiction and Special Effects.)
Table of Contents--Jurassic Park

Elia Kazan
Table of Contents?Elia Kazan

Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Table of Contents-- Kill Bill: Vol. 2

King Kong (1933)
(See also Introductions, The Birth of a Nation, Duck Soup, and Special Effects.)
Table of Contents--King Kong (1933)

King Kong (2005)
King Kong (1933) versus King Kong (2005)
Table of Contents--King Kong (2005)

Stanley Kubrick
(See also Dr. Strangelove.)
Table of Contents--Stanley Kubrick

Akira Kurosawa
(See also Special Effects and Star Wars.)
Table of Contents--Akira Kurosawa

Labyrinth
Table of Contents--Labyrinth

The Last Samurai
Table of Contents--The Last Samurai

Legends of the Fall
Table of Contents--Legends of the Fall

Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement
Table of Contents--Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement)

Loose Change
Table of Contents--Loose Change

Lord of the Rings
Table of Contents--Lord of the Rings

The Lost World: Jurassic Park
(See also King Kong 1933)
Table of Contents--The Lost World : Jurassic Park

Magnificent Seven
Table of Contents--Magnificent Seven

The Man with the Golden Arm
Table of Contents--The Man with the Golden Arm

Marie Antoinette
(See also Introductions.)
Table of Contents--Marie Antoinette

Penny Marshall
Table of Contents--Penny Marshall

The Marx Brothers
Table of Contents-- The Marx Brothers

Georges Mèelies
George Mèlies: A Magician in the Editing Evolution of Film
Table of Contents—Georges Mèlies

Memoirs of a Geisha
Table of Contents--Memoirs of a Geisha

Metropolis
(See Special Effects.)
Table of Contents--Metropolis

Mission Impossible II
Table of Contents--Mission Impossible II

Monty Python Skits
Monty Python
Table of Contents--Monty Python Skits

Michael Moore
Table of Contents--Michael Moore

Monsters
Table of Contents--Monsters

Motorcycle Diaries
Table of Contents--Motorcycle Diaries

Music
Table of Contents--Music

Naked Lunch
Table of Contents--Naked Lunch

Napol鯮
Table of Contents--Napol鯮

Natural Born Killers
Table of Contents--Natural Born Killers

Neorealism
Table of Contents--Neorealism

New Wave
Table of Contents?New Wave

Night of the Living Dead
Table of Contents--Night of the Living Dead

See also Blade, La Belle et la Bête, and The Birth of a Nation.)
Table of Contents--Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu, a Symphony of the Horrors)

The Notebook
Table of Contents--The Notebook

(See also Alfred Hitchcock.)
Table of Contents--Notorious

Obscenity
Table of Contents--Obscenity

On the Waterfront
(See also Citizen Kane.)
Table of Contents--On the Waterfront

One Hundred and One Dalmations
Disney Keeps Up with the Times
..Jennifer Farley
Table of Contents--One Hundred and One Dalmations
sledované vlaky (Closely Watched Trains)
Table of Contents--Ostre sledované vlaky (Closely Watched Trains)

Paris Je t'aime (Paris, I Love You)
Table of Contents--Paris Je t'aime (Paris, I Love You)

The Passion of the Christ
(See also The Greatest Story Ever Told.)
Table of Contents--The Passion of the Christ

Patch Adams
Table of Contents--Patch Adams

Pearl Harbor
Table of Contents--Pearl Harbor

Phantom of the Opera
(See also La Belle et la Bête [Beauty and the Beast])
Table of Contents--Phantom of the Opera

Psycho
(See also Bonnie and Clyde.)
Table of Contents--Psycho

Vsevolod Pudovkin
Table of Contents--Vsevolod Pudovkin

Pulp Fiction
(See also Citizen Kane.)
Table of Contents--Pulp Fiction

Raging Bull
Table of Contents--Raging Bull

Rashômon
(See also 8 1/2.)
Table of Contents--Rashômon--

Ravenous
Ravenous: A Cinematic Feast for the Senses
.. Kathleen Burnham
Table of Contents--Ravenous

Rear Window
Table of Contents--Rear Window

Rebel without a Cause
Table of Contents--Rebel without a Cause

Red Violin
Table of Contents--The Red Violin

Remember the Titans
Table of Contents--Remember the Titans

Rent
Table of Contents--Rent

Road to Perdition
Table of Contents--Road to Perdition

Romance
Table of Contents--Romance

Romero
(See also Salvador.)
Table of Contents--Romero

Salvador
(See also Romero.)
Table of Contents--Salvador

Saving Private Ryan
(See also Introductions.)
Table of Contents--Saving Private Ryan

Scarface
(See also Bonnie and Clyde.)
Table of Contents--Scarface (1983)

Schindler's List
(See also Culture.)
Table of Contents--Schlinder's List

Science Fiction
Table of Contents--Science Fiction

Scotland, PA
Table of Contents--Scotland, PA

Ridley Scott
Table of Contents--Ridley Scott

Scream
Table of Contents--Scream

Seven Samurai
(See also Magnificent Seven.)
Table of Contents--Seven Samurai

Shakespeare
Shakespeare

Silent Movies
(See also Sound.)
Table of Contents--Silent Movies

Singin? in the Rain
Table of Contents--Singin' in the Rain

The Societé Film d'Art
Table of Contents--The Societe Film d'Art

Something's Gotta Give
Table of Contents--Somethin's Gotta Give

Sound
The Extinction of the Silent Era
..Ryan Hays
Silence Is Deafening
..Lyndsey Staples
(See also Silent.)
(See also Special Effects.)
Table of Contents--Sound

Special Effects
(See also Sound Effects.)
Table of Contents--Special Effects

Star Wars
(See also Akira Kurosawa and Special Effects.)
Table of Contents--Star Wars

The Stepford Wives (1975)
Table of Contents--Stepford Wives

Stop Motion
Table of Contents--Stop Motion

A Streetcar Named Desire
Table of Contents--A Streetcar Named Desire

Super Size Me
Table of Contents--Super Size Me

Sydney White
Table of Contents--Sydney White

Quentin Tarrantino
Table of Contents--Quentin Tarrantino

Technology
Table of Contents-Super Size Me

Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(See also Special Effects.)
Table of Contents--Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Titanic
Table of Contents--Titanic

Tombstone
Table of Contents--Tombstone

Touch of Evil
Table of Contents--Touch of Evil

Toy Story
(See also Special Effects.)
Table of Contents--Toy Story

Traffic
Table of Contents--Traffic

2001: Space Odyssey
(See also Special Effects.)
Table of Contents--2001: Space Odyssey

The Untouchables
(See also Bronenosets Potyomkin (Battleship Potemkin.)
Table of Contents--The Untouchables

V for Vendetta
Table of Contents--V for Vendetta

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
Table of Contents--Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

War
Table of Contents--War

Orson Welles

(See also Charlie Chaplin and Citizen Kane.)
Table of Contents--Orson Welles

Western
Table of Contents?Western

What Dreams May Come
(See also Introductions.)
Table of Contents--What Dreams May Come

Wild at Heart
Wizard of Ozt
(See also Introductions.)
Table of Contents--Wizard of Oz

John Woo and Hong Kong New Wave
Table of Contents--John Woo and Hong Kong New Wave

Zombies
Table of Contents--Zombies

Glossary of Film Terms
. .Gregory Campbell

Table of Contents--Glossary of Film Terms

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