The Film Genre Book

by John Sanders

Book Overview

A comprehensive introduction to film history, The Film Genre Book allows the reader to create their own narrative of film through history by focusing on seven genres, highlighting a key film from each genre over a ninety-year period-sixty-three films discussed in detail. The reader can trace the developments in a particular genre over time or compare films in a particular decade from the different genres. Each case-study considers issues of historical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903663903
• ISBN13: 9781903663905
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.0" x 9.9"