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The Oxford history of world cinema. / edited by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c1996.Description: xxii, 824 p. : ill. (some col.) 25 cmISBN:
  • 019874242-8
Subject(s): Summary: Presents the history of cinema which focuses on those which hve concurred to turn the original invention of moving images on celluloid into the great institution known as the movies.It tells cinema as a popular art.It is a popular art because it emanates fron the people transmitted by mechanical means of mass diffusion and draw its strength from the ability to connect to the needs ,interests,and desires of a large public.It also deals with world cinema because it tells the history of many different cinemas,growing in different parts of the world and asserting their rights to independent existence often in defiance of the forces attempting to exercise control the market on a global scale.
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Reference Reference Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Reference PN 1993.5.A1 .Ox2 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3AEA0000272441

Presents the history of cinema which focuses on those which hve concurred to turn the original invention of moving images on celluloid into the great institution known as the movies.It tells cinema as a popular art.It is a popular art because it emanates fron the people transmitted by mechanical means of mass diffusion and draw its strength from the ability to connect to the needs ,interests,and desires of a large public.It also deals with world cinema because it tells the history of many different cinemas,growing in different parts of the world and asserting their rights to independent existence often in defiance of the forces attempting to exercise control the market on a global scale.

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