Engaging Cinema: An Introduction to Film Studies

by Bill Nichols

Book Overview

In what ways do films influence and interact with society? What social forces determine the kinds of movies that get made? How do movies reinforce--and sometimes overturn--social norms? As societies evolve, do the films that were once considered 'great' slip into obscurity? Which ones? Why? These questions, and many others like them, represent the mainstream of scholarly film studies today. In Engaging Cinema, Bill Nichols offers the first book for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393934918
• ISBN13: 9780393934915
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.1"