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Offers an analysis of the history of film. This title traces the evolution of the moving image from the earliest shadow shows to the digital film-making of the 21st century. It provides chapter maps developments in the form and technology across the world from the mid-1990s to today.
'Impressively thorough … adeptly articulates the contributions of particular directors and movements and provides succinct social and historical context for the subject' - Publishers Weekly
'Always readable…the detail and research are top stuff' - Cinemart
'Concise, serious, but very readable' - Library Review
David Parkinson is a freelance film critic and historian. He is a contributing editor at Empire magazine, and also writes for Radio Times, the Oxford Times, the Guardian and MovieMail. He runs a popular weekly film blog on the Guardian entitled ‘Ask Parky’, in which he uses his expertise to answer readers’ questions.