Description: Further DetailsTitle: Films that WorkCondition: NewSubtitle: Industrial Film and the Productivity of MediaISBN-10: 9089640134EAN: 9789089640130ISBN: 9789089640130Publisher: Amsterdam University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/10/2009Description: Only available in hardback: ISBN 978 90 8964 012 3The history of industrial films – an orphangenre of twentieth-century cinemacomposed of government-produced andindustrially sponsored movies that soughtto achieve the goals of their sponsors,rather than the creative artists involved –seems to have left no trace in filmic culturaldiscourse. At its height the industrial filmindustry employed thousands, producedseveral trade journals and festival circuits,engaged with giants of twentieth-centuryindustry like Shell and AT & T, and featuredthe talents of iconic actors and directors such as Buster Keaton, John Griersonand Alain Resnais. This is the firstfull-length book, anthology, and annotatedbibliography to analyse the industrial filmand its remarkable history. Exploring thepotential of the industrial film to uncoverrenewed and unexplored areas of mediastudies, this remarkable volume bringstogether renowned scholars such asRick Prelinger and Thomas Elsaesser in adiscussion of the radical potential and newpossibilities in considering the history ofthis unexplored corporate medium.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: NLItem Height: 240mmItem Length: 160mmItem Weight: 873gContributor: Patrick Vonderau (Edited by), Vinzenz Hediger (Edited by)Genre: Films & TVBook Series: Film Culture in TransitionAuthor: Vinzenz HedigerRelease Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Films that Work
Title: Films that Work
Subtitle: Industrial Film and the Productivity of Media
ISBN-10: 9089640134
EAN: 9789089640130
ISBN: 9789089640130
Release Date: 06/10/2009
Release Year: 2009
Country/Region of Manufacture: NL
Contributor: Vinzenz Hediger (Edited by)
Genre: Films & TV
Number of Pages: 496 Pages
Publication Name: Films That Work : Industrial Film and the Productivity of Media
Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2009
Subject: Training, Film / General, Film / History & Criticism, Industries / Entertainment
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 30.8 Oz
Author: Patrick Vonderau
Item Length: 9.4 in
Subject Area: Performing Arts, Business & Economics
Item Width: 6.3 in
Series: Film Culture in Transition Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
