Only available in hardback: "http://www.aup.nl/do.php?a=show_visitor_book&isbn=9789089640123">ISBN 978 90 8964 012 3 The history of industrial films - an orphan genre of twentieth-century cinema composed of government-produced and industrially sponsored movies that sought to achieve the goals of their sponsors, rather than the creative artists involved - seems to have left no trace in filmic cultural discourse. At its height the industrial film industry employed thousands, produced several trade journals and festival circuits, engaged with giants of twentieth-century industry like Shell and AT & T, and featured the talents of iconic actors and directors such as Buster Keaton, John Grierson and Alain Resnais. This is the first full-length book, anthology, and annotated bibliography to analyse the industrial film and its remarkable history. Exploring the potential of the industrial film to uncover renewed and unexplored areas of media studies, this remarkable volume brings together renowned scholars such as Rick Prelinger and Thomas Elsaesser in a discussion of the radical potential and new possibilities in considering the history of this unexplored corporate medium.
- ISBN10 6612401648
- ISBN13 9786612401640
- Publish Date 10 June 2009 (first published 1 January 2009)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 27 September 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Amsterdam University Press
- Edition Annotated edition
- Format eBook
- Pages 496
- Language English