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Now a classic,
The World in a Frame covers the history of popular American films from the 1930s to the 1970s. Leo Braudy, one of America's leading film critics, gives an account of the histories of visual style and film genres, as well as techniques of characterization-all in an evolving cultural context. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition includes a new preface by the author addressing developments in film since the book was first published in 1976.
Synopsis
Now a classic, The World in a Frame covers the history of popular American films from the 1930s to the 1970s. Leo Braudy, one of America's leading film critics, gives an account of the histories of visual style and film genres, as well as techniques of characterization-all in an evolving cultural context. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition includes a new preface by the author addressing developments in film since the book was first published in 1976.
About the Author
Leo Braudy is the University Professor and the Bing Professor of English at the University of Southern California. He is the author, most recently, of The Frenzy of Renown: Fame and Its History, second edition and coeditor of Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings, fifth edition.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION Movies in Mind
SECTION ONE Varieties of Visual Coherence
SECTION TWO Genre: The Conventions of Connection
SECTION THREE Acting and Characterization:
The Aesthetics of Omission
INDEX OF FILMS
GENERAL INDEX