The World in a Frame: What We See in Films, 25th Anniversary Edition

By Leo Braudy

Book Overview

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 ell as techniques of characterization--all in an evolving cultural context. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition includes a new preface addressing developments in film since 1976.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226071561
• ISBN13: 9780226071565
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 7.7"