cover image A World History of Film

A World History of Film

Robert Sklar. Prentice Hall Art History, $75 (600pp) ISBN 978-0-8109-0606-8

Legendary critic and New York University cinema studies professor Robert Sklar chronicles over 100 years of cinema in A World History of Film. Lushly illustrated with color and black-and-white photos, the book covers everything from 1920s American animation to Czech films of the '60s to Titanic. Sklar concisely explains the rise and fall of various cinematic trends documentaries and fiction films alike describing the most important films of each movement. He covers Latin American, Asian and African cinema, including early 20th-century filmmaking in Brazil and Japan. ( Jan.)