num_pages: 560
description: Lively text and 768 illustrations, 120 in full color, cover commercial film, animation, documentaries, art cinema, and the avant-garde the world over, to present the entire history of film from a global perspective. Includes bibliography, filmography, glossary, notes, index, and 6 timelines.
language: English
title: Film: An International History of the Medium
titlecomplete: Film: An International History of the Medium
characters: Orson Welles, Sergei Eisenstein, D.W. Griffith, Thomas Edison, Jean-Luc Godard
genres: Film, Pop Culture, Media Tie In, Art
ratings_count: 35
publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.