Understanding Movies, Third Canadian Edition (3rd Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Leach, Jim

Giannetti, Louis D.

Social Sciences

Pearson Education Canada

This introductory text is based on the conviction that understanding movies requires, first of all, an awareness of how film differs from other media, the specific ways in which movies communicate, as well as what they can do and what they have done historically. As Marshall McLuhan once declared, “any understanding of social and cultural change is impossible without a knowledge of the way media work as environments.” Therefore, the goal of this introductory text is not to teach students to change their viewing habits, but to make them more aware of the reasons why people respond to movies as they do. The author’s aim has been to make students more aware of their own national cinema and to suggest some of the reasons why people respond to Canadian movies in particular ways.

Understanding Movies, Fifth Canadian Edition with Companion Website and Gradetracker (5th Edition)

Giannetti, Louis

Understanding Movies provides an excellent and accessible introduction to Film Studies with thorough, quality coverage of Canadian cinema and the Canadian film industry. The 4th Canadian edition comes refreshed with even more coverage of Canadian cinema, increased visuals, expanded coverage of genre and up-to-date discussions of the impact of technology. This text is futher enhanced by a robust companion website with Gradetracker functionality and improved instructor support materials. Suitable for college and university courses in the Communications, English, Film Studies and other media-related departments, such as Journalism or Broadcasting.

Understanding Movies, Fourth Canadian Edition (4th Edition)

This introductory text is based on the conviction that understanding movies requires, first of all, an awareness of how film differs from other media, the specific ways in which movies communicate, as well as what they can do and what they have done historically. As Marshall McLuhan once declared, “any understanding of social and cultural change is impossible without a knowledge of the way media work as environments.” Therefore, the goal of this introductory text is not to teach students to change their viewing habits, but to make them more aware of the reasons why people respond to movies as they do. The author’s aim has been to make students more aware of their own national cinema and to suggest some of the reasons why people respond to Canadian movies in particular ways.

Understanding Movies

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Pearson Canada

Film in Canada presents a comprehensive discussion of Canadian cinema in its political and cultural contexts. It purposefully leaves open the question of whether Canada has one national cinema or two (English-Canadian and Quebecois) since this will allow for greater flexibility in how the text is used in the classroom. The chapters are organized around specific topics, exploring both historical trends and contemporary examples; they can be used in sequence or independently. The films discussed are important and representative Canadian works. A filmography is included at the end of the book, along with distribution information for films discussed in the text. Film in Canada is suitable for use in Canadian film courses (both in Film Studies and Canadian Studies programs), while also being accessible to general readers with an interest in Canadian culture.

Film in Canada

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Oxford University Press

Demonstrating the richness and variety of a national cinema that has traditionally struggled to define itself between the paradigms of Hollywood popular film and European art cinema, this study provides comprehensive coverage of British cinema in general as well as critical discussions of specific films--useful for screenings. Each chapter covers a specific topic and includes detailed descriptions of key films representative of different historical periods.

British Film (National Film Traditions)

Cambridge University Press

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Murder's A Tough Business: The Pursuit of True Evil

Biographies & Memoirs

True Crime

Jim Leach

"You Can Tell Me...": Effective Interviewing Made Simple

Through close readings of Jutra's major films, Jim Leach analyses their distinctive cinematic qualities and discusses the responses they have received from reviewers and critics. He focuses both on the films and the historical and cultural contexts in which they were made, arguing that critics have frequently used inappropriate criteria to judge them and that these misunderstandings reveal much about attitudes to Canadian cinema in general. Jutra's films are shown to reflect the instability of their cinematic and cultural contexts and raise important questions about nationhood. Jutra always identified himself as a separatist and his films were shaped by the rapid changes in Quebec society during the Quiet Revolution and by the political tensions of the sixties and seventies. At the same time his work was often appreciated by English Canadian critics and audiences and was affected by federal film policy and institutions. Although Jutra died in 1986, his films and career still have much to tell us about Canadian cinema and media production, and about the complex cultural contexts that underlie the ongoing debates on Canadian and Quebec nationhood.

Claude Jutra: Filmmaker

McGill-Queen's University Press

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