Film : A World History of Film ALA Alex Award (2013) and poolsharks

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Publisher: Fontana Books

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A masterpiece of clarity and scholarship

Film : A World History of Film ALA Alex Award (2013) and poolsharksThis authoritative volume is a readable, illustrated history of motion pictures from pre cinema to the present day, written from a global perspective. It covers the technological and stylistic developments of movies in the rich context of culture, politics, society and other arts. The author does not treat the history of film as a self contained subject but rather as a dynamic medium within a constellation of other factors.