Minding movies
Subtitle: observations on the art, craft, and business of filmmaking
By: David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780226066981; 9780226066998
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The business; title: World rejects Hollywood blockbusters!?; title: Live with it! there'll always be sequels. Good thing, too; title: Superheroes for sale; title: What won the weekend? or, how to understand box-office figures; title: Snakes, no; Borat, yes: not all internet publicity is the same; title: Don't knock the blockbusters; title: Writing about movies; title: In critical condition; title: Love isn't all you need; title: Do filmmakers deserve the last word?; title: Crix nix variety's tics; title: Film as art; title: But what kind of art?; title: This is your brain on movies, maybe; title: Movies still matter; title: Storytelling and style; title: Anatomy of the action picture; title: Times go by turns; title: Grandmaster flashback; title: Originality and origin stories; title: Good actors spell good acting; title: By Annie standards; title: Unsteadicam chronicles; title: Pausing and chortling: a tribute to Bob Clampett; title: Films; title: A behemoth from the dead zone; title: Cronenberg's violent reversals; title: The movie looks back at us; title: Lessons from Babel; title: Slumdogged by the past; title: Rat rapture; title: A welcome basterdization; title: Into the future; title: New media and old storytelling; title: The celestial multiplex; title: Take my film, please.