Author : Charlie Keil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1118341058
A Companion to D.W. Griffith
Charlie Keil
A Companion To D W Griffith
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A Companion to D. W. Griffith
Charles Keil
Author : Charles Keil
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781118341254
A Companion to D. W. Griffith by Charles Keil Pdf
The most comprehensive volume on one of the most controversial directors in American film history A Companion to D.W. Griffith offers an exhaustive look at the first acknowledged auteur of the cinema and provides an authoritative account of the director’s life, work, and lasting filmic legacy. The text explores how Griffith’s style and status advanced along with cinema’s own development during the years when narrative became the dominant mode, when the short gave way to the feature, and when film became the pre-eminent form of mass entertainment. Griffith was at the centre of each of these changes: though a contested figure, he remains vital to any understanding of how cinema moved from nickelodeon fixture to a national pastime, playing a significant role in the cultural ethos of America. With the renewed interest in Griffith’s contributions to the film industry, A Companion to D.W. Griffith offers a scholarly look at a career that spanned more than 25 years. The editor, a leading scholar on D.W. Griffith, and the expert contributors collectively offer a unique account of one of the monumental figures in film studies. Presents the most authoritative, complete account of the director’s life, work, and lasting legacy Builds on the recent resurgence in the director’s scholarly and popular reputation Edited by a leading authority on D.W. Griffith, who has published extensively on this controversial director Offers the most up-to-date, singularly comprehensive volume on one of the monumental figures in film studies
D.W. Griffith
Richard Schickel
Author : Richard Schickel
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 675 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780879100803
D.W. Griffith by Richard Schickel Pdf
He transformed a nickelodeon novelty into a new art form and a powerful, glamorous American industry. He codified the rules and techniques of screen story-telling, and pioneered the conventions that brought films to life, from surging spectacle to soul-baring close-ups. A poor farm boy from the South, Griffith rose to fame with The Birth of a Nation, a cinematic masterpiece stained by the racism that infected his heritage. Though he went on to direct some of the most legendary films of the silent era, Griffith was doomed by his over-reaching drives, and he died an embittered man, shunned by the community he had largely created. His story is told here with unsparing truth and compelling narrative sweep.
D.W. Griffith and the Origins of American Narrative Film
Tom Gunning
Author : Tom Gunning
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Art
ISBN : 025206366X
D.W. Griffith and the Origins of American Narrative Film by Tom Gunning Pdf
The legendary filmmaker D. W. Griffith directed nearly 200 films during 1908 and 1909, his first years with the Biograph Company. While those one-reel films are a testament to Griffith's inspired genius as a director, they also reflect a fundamental shift in film style from "cheap amusements" to movie storytelling complete with characters and narrative impetus. In this comprehensive historical investigation, drawing on films preserved by the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art, Tom Gunning reveals that the remarkable cinematic changes between 1900 and 1915 were a response to the radical reorganization within the film industry and the evolving role of film in American society. The Motion Picture Patents Company, the newly formed Film Trust, had major economic aspirations. The newly emerging industry's quest for a middle-class audience triggered Griffith's early experiments in film editing and imagery. His unique solutions permanently shaped American narrative film.
The Films of D. W. Griffith
Scott Simmon
Author : Scott Simmon
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1993-07-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0521388201
The Films of D. W. Griffith by Scott Simmon Pdf
An introduction to the work of the first widely acknowledged master filmmaker.
D. W. Griffith
Anthony Slide
Author : Anthony Slide
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781617032981
D. W. Griffith by Anthony Slide Pdf
Interviews with one of the great early film directors, maestro of The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, and Hearts of the World
D.W. Griffith: Master of Cinema
Ira H. Gallen
Author : Ira H. Gallen
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Motion picture producers and directors
ISBN : 9781460260982
D.W. Griffith: Master of Cinema by Ira H. Gallen Pdf
Exhaustively researched and accessibly written, D.W. Griffith: Master of Cinema is a remarkably comprehensive biography of the legendary director and his days creating his craft at the American Biograph Company between 1908 through 1913. Meticulously detailed, utilizing a wealth of archival documents and photographs, the book effectively details Griffith’s place as a film pioneer. Even a casual film fan can see the lines being drawn from the techniques Griffith developed to modern cinematic experience. Ira Gallen’s exploration of Griffith’s family and his early life sets the stage for his career, and give great context for who he would become. His intricate details about early stage and film paint such a vivid and evocative picture of the time that you will be truly drawn into another world while reading it.
D.W. Griffith
Robert M. Henderson
Author : Robert M. Henderson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0824057635
D.W. Griffith by Robert M. Henderson Pdf
The Birth of a Nation
Robert Lang
Author : Robert Lang
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0813520274
The Birth of a Nation by Robert Lang Pdf
The birth of a nation follows the lives of two white families divided by, and enduring, the American Civil War, and includes elaborate cameos of historical events such as the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
D.W. Griffith
Robert M. Henderson
Author : Robert M. Henderson
Publisher : Harvill Secker
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0436192659
D.W. Griffith by Robert M. Henderson Pdf
D. W. Griffith, American Film Master
Iris Barry
Author : Iris Barry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : UOM:39015020676543
D. W. Griffith, American Film Master by Iris Barry Pdf
The Griffith Project, Volume 11
Paolo Cherchi Usai
Author : Paolo Cherchi Usai
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781839020025
The Griffith Project, Volume 11 by Paolo Cherchi Usai Pdf
No other silent film director has been as extensively studied as D. W. Griffith. However, only a small group of his more than five hundred films has been the subject of a systematic analysis, and the vast majority of his other works still await proper examination. For the first time in film studies, the complete creative output of Griffith - from Professional Jealousy (1907) to The Struggle (1931) - will be explored in this multivolume collection of contributions from an international team of leading scholars in the field. Created as a companion to the ongoing retrospective held by the Pordenone Silent Film Festival, the Griffith Project is an indispensable guide to the work of a crucial figure in the arts of the nineteenth century.
The Griffith Project, Volume 8
Paolo Cherchi Usai
Author : Paolo Cherchi Usai
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781839020162
The Griffith Project, Volume 8 by Paolo Cherchi Usai Pdf
No other silent film director has been as extensively studied as D. W. Griffith. However, only a small group of his more than five hundred films has been the subject of a systematic analysis, and the vast majority of his other works still await proper examination. For the first time in film studies, the complete creative output of Griffith - from 'Professional Jealousy '(1907) to 'The' 'Struggle '(1931) - will be explored in this multivolume collection of contributions from an international team of leading scholars in the field. Created as a companion to the ongoing retrospective held by the Pordenone Silent Film Festival, the Griffith Project is an indispensable guide to the work of a crucial figure in the arts of the nineteenth century. The latest volume assesses Griffith's work in 1914-15. It includes an extensive, multi-authored evaluation of 'The Birth of' 'a Nation.'
The Griffith Project, Volume 5
Paolo Cherchi Usai
Author : Paolo Cherchi Usai
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781839020124
The Griffith Project, Volume 5 by Paolo Cherchi Usai Pdf
No other silent film director has been so extensively studied as D. W. Griffith. However, only a small group of his more than 500 films has been the subject of a systematic analysis and the vast majority of his other works stills await proper examination. For the first time in film studies, the complete creative output of Griffith - from Professional Jealousy (1907) to The Struggle (1931) - will be explored in this multi-volume collection of contributions from an international team of leading scholars in the field. Created as a companion to the on-going retrospective held by the Pordenone Silent Film Festival, The Griffith Project is an indispensable guide to the work of a crucial figure in the arts of the nineteenth century. With contributions from Eileen Bowser, Tom Gunning, Kristin Thompson, Ben Brewster, Steven Higgins, Richard Koszarski, Scott Simmon, J.B. Kaufman, Russell Merritt, Patrick Loughney, Cooper Graham, Andre Gaudreault, Yuri Tsivian, Richard Allen.
D.W. Griffith
Charles River Editors
Author : Charles River Editors
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798606187508
D.W. Griffith by Charles River Editors Pdf
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary reviews of Griffith's movies *Includes a bibliography for further reading "Remember how small the world was before I came along? I brought it all to life: I moved the whole world onto a 20-foot screen." - D.W. Griffith He was a pioneering film director who had 518 films to his credit. His work spanned the silent and sound eras. Most of his films were completed in a span of 15 years. But today he is known only for one of his films, one considered by historians to be a landmark in cinema as well as the most controversial ever made. He could not escape the controversy of this one film before he died in relative obscurity, his contributions to the motion picture industry forever marred. The story of D.W. Griffith is one of triumph and tragedy, of a man who almost singlehandedly created the American motion picture industry, but whose prejudices and ego have permanently colored how he is perceived. In 1958, James Agee wrote of Griffith and his time, "This was the only time in movie history that a man of great ability worked freely, in an unspoiled medium, for an unspoiled audience, on a majestic theme which involved all that was, and brought to it, besides his abilities as an inventor and artist, absolute passion, pity, courage, and honesty. He achieved what no other known man has ever achieved. To watch his work is like being witness to the beginning of melody, or the first conscious use of the lever or the wheel, the emergence coordination, and first eloquence of language, the birth of an art, and to realize that this is all the work of one man." It would be an overstatement to say that D.W. Griffith created Hollywood; but Hollywood would have been quite different without his complicated genius. As historian Richard Griffith put it, "the origins of older arts are lost in prehistory, their creators unknown or barely guessed at," but for the movies, "we have an almost complete record of the 'birth of an art.' The creator of film art was David Wark Griffith." D.W. Griffith: The Life and Legacy of the Hollywood Director Who Made The Birth of a Nation profiles Griffith's upbringing and his career, profiling the notorious movie that he continues to be remembered by. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Griffith like never before.