Binding: Paperback
Description: Discover films that dared to be different risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy. This is what happens when filmmakers take tradition and rip it up. Film Quake introduces 50 movies that shook the cinematic world telling the fascinating stories behind their creation reception and legacy. From unbelievable developments in technology (Citizen Kane 1941) to feminist triumphs (Wanda 1970); films that kickstarted New Queer Cinema (Paris is Burning 1990) to others that challenged lawmakers (A Short Film About Killing 1988) Film Quake presents the movies that questioned boundaries challenged the status quo and made shockwaves we are still feeling today. From film's first innovators people like the Lumi re brothers whose short film of a train arriving was reported to have terrified audiences in 19th century Paris through iconoclasts like Sergei Eisenstein and Luis Bu uel to titans of 20th century cinema like Alfred Hitchcock and Jean - Luc Godard discover the stories behind the films which incontrovertably changed the course of cinema forever. Into the modern day this book examines how filmmakers have addressed themes of prejudice and inequality from the Black Lives Matter movement and Jordan Peele's unmissable Get Out to Bong Joon - ho's cutting study of the lives of the wealthy in Parasite as well as innovative new cinematic techniques emerging in films like 28 Days Later and B lair Witch Project. In telling the history of cinema through the works that were truly disruptive and explaining the context in which each was created Film Quake demonstrates the heart of modern film which is to constantly question boundaries and challenge expectation. This book is from the Culture Quake series which looks into iconic moments of culture which truly created paradigm shifts in their respective fields. Also available is Art Quake which tells the stories of 50 pivotal works that challenged consensus and broke daring new ground in the world of art inspiring shock and scandal as they did so but ultimately cementing themselves as truly great works of modern art.
Title: Filmquake The Most Disruptive Films In Cinema
Author(s): Ian Haydn Smith
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9780711259713
Pages: 208 Pages, 75 Colour Photos
Publication Date: 1/25/2022
Series: Culture Quake
Category: Popular Culture