Guide to the Cinema(s) of Canada (Hardcover)

Peter Rist

ISBN 10: 0313299315 / ISBN 13: 9780313299315

Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Westport, 2001

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Hardcover. This new volume in the Greenwood Press series Reference Guides to the World's Cinema discusses the films and personalities of the Canadian cinema. This guide encompasses the diverse output of both the English and French Canadian communities and includes 175 films and 125 filmmakers and actors. Alphabetically arranged entries discuss important films, actors, directors, shorts, and a number of experimental films. With few exceptions, films are included only if their production company was incorporated in Canada. Similarly, filmmakers and actors represent people who have worked primarily in Canada.This guide will interest scholars, students, and film buffs. Brief bibliographies after each entry provide sources for further reading. Three appendixes provide additional information regarding Canadian born filmmakers and actors excluded from the main text, winners of Canadian film awards, and a listing of the top ten Canadian films. This new volume in the Greenwood Press series Reference Guides to the World's Cinema discusses the films and personalities of the Canadian cinema. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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• Titolo: Guide to the Cinema(s) of Canada (Hardcover)
• Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Westport
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0313299315
• ISBN 13: 9780313299315
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: new

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This new volume in the Greenwood Press series Reference Guides to the World's Cinema discusses the films and personalities of the Canadian cinema. This guide encompasses the diverse output of both the English and French Canadian communities and includes 175 films and 125 filmmakers and actors. Alphabetically arranged entries discuss important films, actors, directors, shorts, and a number of experimental films. With few exceptions, films are included only if their production company was incorporated in Canada. Similarly, filmmakers and actors represent people who have worked primarily in Canada.

This guide will interest scholars, students, and film buffs. Brief bibliographies after each entry provide sources for further reading. Three appendixes provide additional information regarding Canadian born filmmakers and actors excluded from the main text, winners of Canadian film awards, and a listing of the top ten Canadian films.

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PETER HARRY RIST has been the chair of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, for six years./e He teaches courses in film history and aesthetics and specializing in third world cinemas. His has had articles published on various aspects of film studies, including Canadian, Korean, and Chinese cinemas.

PETER HARRY RIST has been the chair of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, for six years./e He teaches courses in film history and aesthetics and specializing in third world cinemas. His has had articles published on various aspects of film studies, including Canadian, Korean, and Chinese cinemas.

PETER HARRY RIST has been the chair of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, for six years./e He teaches courses in film history and aesthetics and specializing in third world cinemas. His has had articles published on various aspects of film studies, including Canadian, Korean, and Chinese cinemas.