The Film Appreciation Book

The Film Course You Always Wanted to Take

Jim Piper

• Publisher: Allworth
• Year: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781621534471
• Topic: Medios de comunicación y artes escénicas
• Subtopic: Historia y crítica cinematográficas

This is a book for cinephiles, pure and simple. Author and filmmaker, Jim Piper, shares his vast knowledge of film and analyzes the most striking components of the best movies ever made. From directing to cinematography, from editing and music to symbolism and plot development, The Film Appreciation Book covers hundreds of the greatest works in cinema, combining history, technical knowledge, and the art of enjoyment to explain why some movies have become the most treasured and entertaining works ever available to the public, and why these movies continue to amaze viewers after decades of notoriety.Read about such classic cinematic masterpieces as Citizen Kane, Gandhi, Midnight Cowboy, Easy Rider, True Grit, Gone With the Wind, and The Wizard of Oz, as well as more recent accomplishments in feature films, such as Requiem for a Dream, Munich, The King's Speech, and The Hurt Locker.Piper breaks down his analysis for you and points out aspects of production that movie-lovers (even the devoted ones) would never recognize on their own. This book will endlessly fascinate, and by the time you get to the last chapter, you're ready to start all over again. In-depth analysis and thoughtful and wide-ranging film choices from every period of cinema history will ensure that you never tire of this reading companion to film.Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

Index

A

Abyss, The (1989), 177, 178

Ae Fond Kiss (2004), 124

African cinema, 152–154

African Queen, The (1951), 73, 74

“Aftermath of Crucifixion,” 173

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), 137

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), 43, 44

Aliens (1986), 177–179

All About My Mother (1999), 142

Allegories, 254–255

Allen, Dede, 84

Allen, Woody, 14

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), 10

All the President’s Men (1976), 12, 47, 247

Alphaville (1965), 134

Also Sprach Zarathustra, 181

Altman, Robert, 243

Amélie (2001), 138

Amelio, Gianni, 133

American Beauty (1999), 19–20, 35, 220, 252

American film realist style, 125

American Graffiti (1973), 175

American History X (1998), 219

American indie film, 113

American Rhapsody, An (2001), 145

American Symphony, 177

Amores Perros (2000), 210

Amreeka (2009), 198

Anderson, Lindsay, 135

Anderson, Paul Thomas, 222

Andy Hardy’s Blonde Trouble (1944), 105

Angel Heart (1987), 122

Anger, Kenneth, 104–105

Angle shot, 17–18

Animated films, plainspeak in, 166

Annie Hall (1977), 14

Antonia’s Line (1995), 168

Aparajito (1956), 149

Apocalypse Now (1979), 71, 87

Apur Sansar (1959), 149, 182

Argentine cinema, 156

Army of Shadows (1969), 123

Art films, settings in, 244

Artful composition, 25–26

Artful diagonals, 27–28

Ashes and Diamonds (1958), 144

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000), 109, 208

Avatar (2009), 94, 126, 198, 237

Away from Her (2006), 48

B

Babel (2006), 4

Babette’s Feast (1987), 141

Babinco, Hecto...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• About the Book
• Shots
• Cuts
• Styles
• Sounds
• Meaning
• Index