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Feature Summary- Unique Structure: Making Sense of Movies addresses the art, history, and theory of film in three equal Parts. Part One (Movimaking) presents film aesthetics; Part Two (Contexts) provides a history of film development from the earliest silents through the present day; and Part Three (Contents) introduces the elements of film theory - from genre study to the auteur theory.
- Featured Films: Stanley emphasizes contemporary and historic landmark films by revisting acknowledged classics across several chapters. Students discover the many ways in which great films can be understood and appreciated.
- Issues in Film: Censorship, the history of the major studios, the star system are topics of in-depth essays that bring the context of film making to life for the reader.
- Focus on the Hollywood Style: While covering a range of issues in film studies, each Part of the text is focused on the Hollywood style—the characteristic mode of commercial moviemaking and the foundation of film aesthetics.
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