In Search of Cinema: Writings on International Film Art

by Bert Cardullo

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The essays collected here reflect the spectacular rise of Iranian cinema in recent years as well as the strong contributions of contemporary filmmakers from countries such as Belgium, Canada, China, Israel, Lebanon, Scotland, and Spain. But In Search of Cinema does not neglect the best recent films from major film-producing nations like the United States, France, and Italy and includes retrospective pieces on the careers of Ingmar Bergman and Woody Allen as well as several essays on the show more interrelationship between film form, or film genres, and drama and the novel, the two forms from which the cinema continues to draw a wealth of its material. show less

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Bert Cardullo is professor of media and communication at the Izmir University of Economics in Turkey. He is the author, editor, or translator of a number of books on drama and film, among them An Idea of the Drama: Six Modern Playwrights in One Movement and World Directors in Dialogue: Conversations on Cinema.

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Nonfiction, History
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791.43Arts & recreationRecreation, sports, and performing artsPublic performancesMotion pictures, radio, television, podcastingMotion pictures
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PN1995 .C37Language and LiteratureLiterature (General)Literature (General)DramaMotion pictures
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