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Discusses the films and personalities of the Canadian cinema.
Peter Harry Rist has been the chair of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, for six years. _ He teaches courses in film history and aesthetics and specializing in third world cinemas. His has had articles published on various aspects of film studies, including Canadian, Korean, and Chinese cinemas.
"There is a humble quality in this remarkable reference book,
humility towards its subject matter and towards a tradition of
historical film research, exemplified for Rist by the work of
William Everson (to whom he dedicates the book), and sustained to
our benefit by Rist and his collaborators....[v]aluable archival
work....[o]ffers much-needed information on Canadian
cinema."-Canadian Journal of Film Studies
?Academic and public libraries will want this title for its
scholarly features....the depth of coverage within its scope should
make it a standard reference work on Canadian cinema.?-Choice
?There is a humble quality in this remarkable reference book,
humility towards its subject matter and towards a tradition of
historical film research, exemplified for Rist by the work of
William Everson (to whom he dedicates the book), and sustained to
our benefit by Rist and his collaborators....[v]aluable archival
work....[o]ffers much-needed information on Canadian
cinema.?-Canadian Journal of Film Studies
"Academic and public libraries will want this title for its
scholarly features....the depth of coverage within its scope should
make it a standard reference work on Canadian cinema."-Choice
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