Engaging Cinema

In what ways do films influence and interact with society? What social forces determine the kinds of movies that get made? How do movies reinforceand sometimes overturnsocial norms? As societies evolve, do the films that were once considered great slip into obscurity? Which ones? Why? These questions, and many others like them, represent the mainstream of scholarly film studies today. In Engaging Cinema, Bill Nichols offers the first book for introductory film students that tackles these topics head-on. Published in a handy 'trade paperback' format, Engaging Cinema is inexpensive and utterly unique in the fielda perfect complement to or replacement for standard film texts.