Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Film Classics

Examining Wim Wenders' career from his early film school productions through his mature works of the 1970s, this book also analyses the most recent works, as well as the themes and preoccupations that unite his oeuvre.

The past thirty years have seen the proliferation of forms of independent cinema that challenge the conventions of mass-market commercial movies from within the movie theatre. Avant-Garde Film examines fifteen of the most suggestive and useful films from this film tradition.

The Films of D.W. Griffith serves as an introduction to, and a cultural argument for, the work of the first widely acknowledged master filmmaker.

The Films of Mike Leigh is the first critical study of one of the most important directors of British independent filmmaking. In this volume, Ray Carney examines Leigh's working method and films in the intellectual and social contexts in which they were created.

The Films of Joseph Losey examines the career of the expatriot director through a close analysis of five of his most important and challenging films.

The Films of Roberto Rossellini traces the career of one of the most influential Italian filmmakers through close analysis of the seven films that mark important turning points in his evolution.

This 2004 book offers a comprehensive overview of Orson Welles' life and career, highlighting the shape of the filmmaker's career, his astonishing precocity and his extraordinary gifts that resulted in both splendid successes and puzzling failures. Robert Garis provides an appreciation and interpretative commentary of his films.

In this study, David Sterritt offers an introductory overview of Godard's work as a filmmaker, critic, and video artist. Linking Godard's works to key social and cultural developments, The Films of Jean-Luc Godard explains their importance in modernist and postmodernist art of the last half century.

The introduction gives an overview of Hitchcock's long career, with special attention to the varied influences on his work.

The Films of Vincente Minnelli, first published in 1993, examines the career of MGM's leading director of musicals, melodramas, and comedies in the 1940s and 1950s.

The Films of Paul Morrissey is the first appraisal of one of the major figures of American independent cinema.

The first book to tell in detail the story of a maverick filmmaker who worked outside the studio system. providing extended critical discussion on six of his most important films.

This volume provides a concise overview of the career of one of the modern masters of world cinema. Through close analysis of eight films, Jesse Kalin explores Bergman's conception of the human condition as a struggle to find meaning in life as it is played out.

The Films of Woody Allen was the first full-length work to examine the director as a serious filmmaker and artist. Sam Girgus argues that Allen has consistently been on the cutting edge of contemporary critical and cultural consciousness, challenging our notions of authorship, narrative, perspective, character, theme, ideology, gender and sexuality. This revised and updated edition includes two new chapters that examine Allen's work since 1992. Girgus argues that the scandal surrounding Allen's personal life in the early 1990s has altered his image in ways that reposition moral consciousness in his work. The union between Allen's public and private selves that created a special 'aura' about him remains intact despite the director's concerted efforts to separate his private life from his screen image. Allen now assumes a postmodern moral relativism and 'sensual realism' that differs profoundly from the moral sensibility of his earlier work.

The Films of Peter Greenaway is the first critical overview of one of the most controversial contemporary filmmakers. In-depth analyses of Greenaway's most important works are examined within the context of the director's biography and artistic goals. This edition also includes stills from his feature films, as well as his own drawings.

Examines the career of one of Italy's most renowned filmmakers through analysis of five masterpieces that span his career: La Strada, La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, Amarcord and Interview. Bondanella traces the development of Fellini's cinematic vision as it transcends Italian neorealism to emphasize fantasy, the irrational and individualism.

The Films of Michelangelo Antonioni provides an overview of the Italian director's life and work, and examines six of his most important and intellectually challenging films. It places the films in the context of the director's ongoing social analysis of postwar Italy, and demonstrates how they depend on painterly abstraction for their expressive effects.