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book		L'avventura / Geoffrey Nowell-Smith London: British Film Institute, 1997. Call No: 79AVV NOW Author: Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey Place: London Publisher: British Film Institute PubDate: 1997 PhysDes: 75 p. : ill. ; 19 cm Series: BFI film classics Subject: AVVENTURA, L' (IT/FR, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960) ISBN: 0851705340 Order Received: 1998 LON: abn98020508; 13641342 More info
book		The companion to Italian cinema / Geoffrey Nowell-Smith with James Hay and Gianni Volpi London: Cassell British Film Institute, 1996. Call No: 71(45) NOW Author: Nowell Smith, Geoffrey; Hay, James, 1952; Volpi, Gianni Place: London Publisher: Cassell British Film Institute PubDate: 1996 PhysDes: xi, 168 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm Subject: ITALY Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-168) ISBN: 0304341975 LON: 12747565 More info
journal article		Grandeur and misery of film culture in Metro (1997) iss.111 p.27-29 Author: Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey PhysDes: Article; Illustration(s) Summary: Articles outlines the internal and external forces that are shaping the British Film Institute. More info
book		The history of cinema : a very short introduction / Geoffrey Nowell-Smith Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2017. Call No: 70 NOW Author: Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey Edition: First edition Source: UK Place: Oxford, UK Publisher: Oxford University Press PubDate: 2017 PhysDes: xvii, 119 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm Series: Very short introductions ; 543 Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA Summary: "For over a century we have been telling stories on the screen. Cinema was the first, and is arguably still the greatest, of the industrialised art forms to dominate the cultural life of the 20th century. The variety, inventiveness, and artistry throughout its history is staggering: from silent to sound, black and white to colour, and intellectual art house pieces to mass market entertainment." - taken from verso of cover Notes: Includes indexes and notes ISBN: 9780198701774 Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2009 Contents: 1.Introduction -- 2.Technology -- 3.Industry -- 4.Cinema as art form -- 5.Cinema and the outer world -- 6.Conclusion: seven epochs of cinema More info
Yet to catalogue book		Hollywood and Europe : economics, culture, national identity, 1945-95 / edited by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith and Steven Ricci London: BFI Publishing, 1998. Call No: 408.3(4) HOL Author: Ricci, Steven; Nowell Smith, Geoffrey CorpAuthor: British Film Institute Place: London Publisher: BFI Publishing PubDate: 1998 PhysDes: x, 164 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Series: UCLA Film and Television Archive studies in history, criticism, and theory Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0851705960; 0851705979 (pbk.) LON: abn98296454; 14124340 More info
book		Luchino Visconti / Geoffrey Nowell-Smith London: Secker & Warburg in association with the British Film Institute, 1967. Call No: 81VIS NOW Author: Nowell Smith, Geoffrey Place: London Publisher: Secker & Warburg in association with the British Film Institute PubDate: 1967 PhysDes: 192 p. : front. (port.), ill. (incl. ports.) ; 20 cm Series: Cinema one ; 3 Subject: VISCONTI, LUCHINO Notes: Filmography: p. 176-189 LON: 68074736; 17803 More info
Interim book		Luchino Visconti / Geoffrey Nowell-Smith London: British Film Institute, 2003. Call No: 81VIS NOW Author: Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey CorpAuthor: British Film Institute Edition: 3rd ed Source: UK Place: London Publisher: British Film Institute PubDate: 2003 PhysDes: 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: VISCONTI, LUCHINO Summary: Fully revised and updated third edition study of director Luchino Visconti, first published in 1967 as part of the Cinema One series. Examines the career of Visconti, Aristocrat, Marxist and key European filmmaker, via a chronological analysis of each of his films. Also reflects on changing aspects of the ‘auteur’ theory of which the original edition was a major example. Notes: Bibliography: p.224-230 Filmography: p.231-242 Includes index ISBN: 0851709613 (pbk.) More info
book		The Oxford history of world cinema / edited by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith Oxford New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Call No: 70 OXF REF Author: Nowell Smith, Geoffrey Place: Oxford New York Publisher: Oxford University Press PubDate: 1996 PhysDes: xxii, 824 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SOUND PERIOD Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 767-784) and index ISBN: 0198112572 (alk. paper) : ¦25.00 LON: 94036359; 11212940 URL status: URL: 'http://-' Checked: 31/08/2021 12:36:51 PM Status: Error Details: Failed to send HTTP request (WinHttpSendRequest) More info
book		Roberto Rossellini : magician of the real / edited by David Forgacs, Sarah Lutton and Geoffrey Nowell-Smith London: bfi Publishing, 2000. Call No: 81ROS ROB Author: Forgacs, David; Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey; Lutton, Sarah CorpAuthor: British Film Institute Place: London Publisher: bfi Publishing PubDate: 2000 PhysDes: xxii, 208 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm Subject: ROSSELLINI, ROBERTO Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0851707947(cased) : ¦45.00; 0851707955(pbk.) : ¦14.99; 0851707947; 0851707955 (pbk.) LON: 21663030 More info

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