About the Book:

Sophisticated in its analytical content, current and comprehensive in its coverage of all aspects of film and filmmaking, and informed throughout by fascinating historical and cultural contexts, A History of Narrative Film is widely acknowledged to be the definitive text in the field.

This updated Fourth Edition of A History of Narrative Film adds an entire chapter on computer-generated imaging, updates filmographies for nearly all living directors mentioned in the text, and includes major new sections that both revisit old content and introduce contemporary trends and movements.

What people say:

"To say that Cook's A History of Narrative Film is the best one-volume English language film history is no exaggeration ... Despite the mountains of data which Cook has to cope with, the result is a remarkably readable text which can be equally appreciated by a film scholar, and an astute reader alike." — Kinema

About the Author:

David A. Cook is an American film scholar. He founded and chaired Film Studies Department at Emory University for 20 years before coming to University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2007 as the Head of the Department of Media Studies. He is the author of A History of Narrative Film, as well as numerous articles in both film and literary studies.