World Directors and Their Films

Download or read book World Directors and Their Films written by Bert Cardullo and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2012-08-09 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In World Directors and Their Films, Bert Cardullo offers readable analyses of some of the most important films and the artists who produced them. Beyond simple biographical capsules and plot summaries, these readings demonstrate with clarity and elegance how international moviemakers use the resources of the medium to pursue complex, significant human goals. Including essays on filmmakers from China, Japan, India, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Iran, Senegal, and Chad, this book is an engaging collection of enlightening and helpful essays that will appeal as much to the general reader as it will to scholars of international cinema.