(Wiley Blackwell Companions to Film Directors) 1st Edition
by Charles Keil (Editor)
The most comprehensive volume on one of the most controversial directors in American film history
A Companion to D.W. Griffith
offers an exhaustive look at the first acknowledged auteur of the
cinema and provides an authoritative account of the director’s life,
work, and lasting filmic legacy.
The text explores how Griffith’s
style and status advanced along with cinema’s own development during
the years when narrative became the dominant mode, when the short gave
way to the feature, and when film became the pre-eminent form of mass
entertainment. Griffith was at the centre of each of these changes:
though a contested figure, he remains vital to any understanding of how
cinema moved from nickelodeon fixture to a national pastime, playing a
significant role in the cultural ethos of America.
With the renewed interest in Griffith’s contributions to the film industry, A Companion to D.W. Griffith
offers a scholarly look at a career that spanned more than 25 years.
The editor, a leading scholar on D.W. Griffith, and the expert
contributors collectively offer a unique account of one of the
monumental figures in film studies.
- Presents the most authoritative, complete account of the director’s life, work, and lasting legacy
- Builds on the recent resurgence in the director’s scholarly and popular reputation
- Edited by a leading authority on D.W. Griffith, who has published extensively on this controversial director
- Offers the most up-to-date, singularly comprehensive volume on one of the monumental figures in film studies
