David Bordwell's On the History of Film Style

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"The study of cinematic style has profoundly shaped our attitude toward movies. Style assigns films to a tradition, distinguishes a classic, and signals the arrival of a pathbreaking innovation. David Bordwell now shows how film scholars have attempted to explain stylistic continuity and change across the history of cinema."

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  1. 207 new

    Les vampires

    1915, in 14 top lists Check
  2. 180 new

    La roue

    1923 — a.k.a. The Wheel, in 7 top lists Check
  3. 146 new

    La nouvelle mission de Judex

    1917 — a.k.a. The New Mission of Judex, in 0 top lists Check
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    Ingmarssönerna

    1919, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
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    L'argent

    1928 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
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    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
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    Feu Mathias Pascal

    1925, in 2 top lists Check
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    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
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    La terra trema

    1948 — a.k.a. The Earth Trembles, in 11 top lists Check
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    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
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    Don Juan et Faust

    1922, in 0 top lists Check
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    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
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    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
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    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    1921, in 7 top lists Check
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    Wings

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
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    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
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    Advise & Consent

    1962, in 3 top lists Check
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    Ming yueh chi shih yuen

    1991 — a.k.a. Autumn Moon, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Hunt for Red October

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
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    La Marseillaise

    1938, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Cobweb

    1955, in 1 top list Check
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    The Train

    1964, in 4 top lists Check
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    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
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    Professione: reporter

    1975 — a.k.a. The Passenger, in 11 top lists Check
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    Jaws

    1975, in 27 top lists Check
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    L'enfant de Paris

    1913, in 6 top lists Check
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    Prospero's Books

    1991, in 4 top lists Check
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    Herr Arnes pengar

    1919 — a.k.a. Sir Arne's Treasure, in 7 top lists Check
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    Only Angels Have Wings

    1939, in 10 top lists Check
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    Staroye i novoye

    1929 — a.k.a. Old and New, in 4 top lists Check
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    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
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    India Song

    1975, in 8 top lists Check
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    Lady Windermere's Fan

    1925, in 4 top lists Check
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    Novyy Vavilon

    1929 — a.k.a. The New Babylon, in 4 top lists Check
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    Quo Vadis?

    1913, in 1 top list Check
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    Taxidi sta Kythira

    1984 — a.k.a. Voyage to Cythera, in 2 top lists Check
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    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
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    How Green Was My Valley

    1941, in 11 top lists Check
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    Il deserto rosso

    1964 — a.k.a. Red Desert, in 12 top lists Check
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    Gertrud

    1964, in 11 top lists Check
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    The Little Foxes

    1941, in 7 top lists Check
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    La nuit américaine

    1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check
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    Pitsi

    1946 — a.k.a. The Vow, in 1 top list Check
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    Speed

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Charge of the Light Brigade

    1936, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Glenn Miller Story

    1954, in 1 top list Check
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    Journal d'un curé de campagne

    1951 — a.k.a. Diary of a Country Priest, in 14 top lists Check
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    Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
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