Chapter One American Film History 1
1．Early Cinema 1
1.1 Motion Pictures 1
1.2 Edison and the Nickelodeons 2
1.3 Porter and Early Narratives 3
1.4 D.W.Griffith and His Cinematic Language 4
1.5 Charlie Chaplin 6
1.6 Headquarters to Hollywood 7
2．Classical Hollywood Cinema 8
2.1 The Beginning ofSound Films 8
2.2 New Film Genres in 1930s 9
2.3 The Studio System and Major Studios 12
3．New Hollywood and Post-classical Cinema 18
3.1 The Red Scare and the House Committee on Un-American Activities(HUAC) 18
3.2 Film Noir 19
3.3 Technological Innovation 20
3.4 Rise of Independent Producers 21
3.5 Alfred Hitchcock 23
3.6 Revival 23
4．Contemporary American Cinema 26
4.1 Films Between Late 1970s and 1980s 26
4.2 Films in 1990s 29
4.3 American Cinema in the 21st Century 31
5．Exercises 34
Chapter Two The World of Film 36
1．Film Industry 36
1.1 Origins 36
1.2 Rise of Hollywood 37
1.3 Golden Age of Hollywood 39
1.4 Decline of the Studio System 39
1.5 New Hollywood and Post-classical Cinema 41
1.6 Rise of the Home Video Market 42
1.7 Modern Cinema 42
1.8 Spread to World Markets 43
2．Film Company 44
2.1 MGM 44
2.2 Paramount Pictures 45
2.3 Wamer Bros 45
2.4 20th Century Fox 46
2.5 Columbia Pictures 47
2.6 Universal Studios 48
2.7 Walt Disney Pictures 49
3．Film Award 49
3.1 Oscar 49
3.2 The Golden Globe Award 50
3.3 National Society of Film Critics 51
3.4 Festival De Cannes 52
3.5 Berlin International Film Festival 52
3.6 Golden Raspberry Award 53
4．Film Genre 54
4.1 Defining a Genre 54
4.2 Analyzing a Genre 55
4.3 Main Film Genres 56
4.4 Film Sub-Genres 59
4.5 Other Major Film Categories 63
5．Exercises 65
Chapter Three Film People 68
1．Actors 68
1.1 Charlie Chaplin(1889-1977) 68
1.2 Humphrey Bogart(1899-1957) 70
1.3 Clark Gable(1901-1960) 72
1.4 Gregory Peck(1916-2003) 75
1.5 Marlon Brando(1924-2004) 77
1.6 Dustin Hoffman(1937-) 79
1.7 Robert De Niro(1943-) 81
1.8 Tom Hanks(1956-) 84
1.9 Daniel Day-Lewis(1957-) 86
1.10 Johnny Depp(1963-) 89
1.11 Brad Pitt(1963-) 91
1.12 Leonardo DiCaprio(1974-) 94
2．Actresses 97
2.1 Katharine Hepburn(1907-2003) 97
2.2 Vivien Leigh(1913-1967) 99
2.3 Ingrid Bergman(1915-1982) 100
2.4 Marilyn Monroe(1926-1962) 102
2.5 Audrey Hepburn(1929-1993) 104
2.6 Elizabeth Taylor(1932-2011) 107
2.7 Meryl Streep(1949-) 109
2.8 Jodie Foster(1962-) 111
2.9 Nicole Kidman(1967-) 113
2.10 Julia Roberts(1967-) 116
2.11 Angelina Jolie(1975-) 118
2.12 Anne Hathaway(1982-) 120
3．Directors 122
3.1 D.W.Griffith(1875-1948) 122
3.2 Alfred Hitchcock(1899-1980) 124
3.3 Stanley Kubrick(1928-1999) 127
3.4 Woody Allen(1935-) 129
3.5 Francis Ford Coppola(1939-) 131
3.6 Martin Scorsese(1942-) 134
3.7 George Lucas(1944-) 137
3.8 Steven Spielberg(1946-) 140
3.9 James Cameron(1954-) 143
3.10 Ang Lee(1954-) 146
4．Exercises 149
Chapter Four The Language of Film 152
1．Cinematic Words and Phrases 152
2．Cinematic Vocabulary 163
2.1 Vocabulary on Film-making and Film-maker 163
2.2 Vocabulary on Film Company 164
2.3 Vocabulary on Film Award 165
2.4 Vocabulary on Actors and Actresses 166
2.5 Vocabulary on Film Genres 167
2.6 Vocabulary on Film Techniques 168
3．Movie Quotes 170
4．Exercises 174
Chapter Five The Reflection of Film 176
1．Films in Golden Age of Hollywood(late 1920s-early 1960s) 176
1.1 It Happened One Night 176
1.2 Gone with the Wind 178
1.3 Rebecca 181
1.4 Casablanca 183
2．New Hollywood and Post-classical Cinema(1950s-1980s) 186
2.1 Singin'in the Rain 186
2.2 My Fair Lady 188
2.3 The Sound of Music 190
2.4The Godfather 192
2.5The Godfather Part Ⅱ 194
3．Rise of the Home Video Market(1980s-1990s) 197
3.1 E.T 197
3.2 The Silence of the Lambs 199
3.3The Shawshank Redemption 201
3.4 The English Patient 203
4．Modern Cinema 205
4.1 Gangs of New York 205
4.2 Crash 208
4.3 Avatar 212
4.4 The Great Gatsby 215
5．Exercises 217
Chapter Six Professional Critics Film Review 218
1．Professional Critics 218
2．American Film Review Appreciation 222
2.1 Kramer vs.Kramer 222
2.2 Rain Man 224
2.3 Schindler's List 226
2.4 Forrest Gump 229
2.5 American Beauty 231
2.6 Inception 233
3．British Film Review Appreciation 236
3.1 The English Patient 236
3.2 Slumdog Millionaire 238
3.3 The King's Speech 240
4．Australian Film Review Appreciation 242
4.1"Crocodile"Dundee 242
4.2 Australia 244
5．Canadian Film Review Appreciation 247
5.1 Goin'Down the Road 247
5 2 The Grey Fox 248
6．Exercises 250
Vocabulary References 251
参考答案 256
参考文献 263