WELCOME
Welcome to the dedicated website for Movie History: A Survey by Douglas Gomery and Clara Pafort-Overduin.
The authors of Movie History: A Survey like to think of students as young academics, as the new generation of film scholars. Therefore we want to encourage you to develop your own research and writing skills by inviting you to contribute to this website. Routledge offers you the opportunity to publish a film historical case study through this website. See the ‘Resources’ tab.
This site also includes lots of extra materials, useful for the classroom or independent study, including:
- Case studies — new, in-depth and unique to the website
- International case studies — for the Netherlands in Dutch and English
- Timeline — a movie history timeline charting key dates in the history of cinema from 1890 to the present day
- Revision flash cards — ideal for getting to grips with key terms in film studies
- Related resources — on the website you will find every link from the book for ease of use, plus access to additional online material
“Covering everything from Edison to Avatar, Gomery and Pafort-Overduin have written the clearest, best organized, and most user-friendly film history textbook on the market. It masterfully distills the major trends and movements of film history, so that the subject can be taught in one semester. And each chapter includes a compelling case study that highlights an important moment in movie history and, at the same time, subtly introduces a methodological approach. This book is a pleasure to read and to teach.”Peter Decherney, University of Pennsylvania, USA
“In addition to providing a comprehensive overview of the development of film around the world, the book gives us examples of how to do film history, including organizing the details and discussing their implications.”Hugh McCarney, Western Connecticut State University, USA
“Douglas Gomery and Clara Pafort-Overduin have created an outstanding textbook with an impressive breadth of content, covering over 100 years in the evolution of cinema. Movie History: A Survey is an engaging book that will reward readers with a contemporary perspective of the history of motion pictures and provide a solid foundation for the study of film.”Matthew Hanson, Eastern Michigan University, USA
