Christmas and film Quick reference
A Dictionary of Film Studies (2 ed.)
...films: in the 1950s, for example, Moscow Cartoon Film Studio produced Night Before Christmas , based on a story by Gogol. Other Christmas-themed animations include How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Chuck Jones, US, 1966 ), The Snowman (Dianne Jackson, UK, 1982 ), The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, US, 1993 ), and Aardman Films’ Arthur Christmas (Sarah Smith, US/UK, 2012 ). But Christmas also figures in types of film that might not be immediately associated with the festive season. In 1941 , for example, Harry Watt of the GPO Film Unit...
music Quick reference
A Dictionary of Film Studies (2 ed.)
...Preminger , 1955 ). In the post-studio era, corporate cross-ownership between the film and music industries heralded further change, with the rise of performer films, such as those starring Elvis Presley; and a number of new composers, including John Barry, Henry Mancini, Burt Bacharach, and Quincy Jones, rising to prominence and bringing a more contemporary sensibility. Films such as The Graduate ( Mike Nichols , 1967 ) and Easy Rider ( Dennis Hopper , 1969 ) combined conventional scoring with placement of contemporary rock songs at key junctures of...
