Items To Be Added
In no particular order. Items will be added on an irregular basis. Suggestions are welcome.
Persons/Organizations
Robert Barrat
Louis Althusser
Werner Herzog
Carl Laemmle
Adolph Zukor
Anita Loos
Ben Hecht
Van Nest Polglase
Richard Barthelmess
Henri Langlois
Rudolph Maté
Jean-François Lyotard
Michel Foucault
Jacques Derrida
Dziga Vertov
Béla Balázs
National Film School in Łódź
Hélène Cixous
Luce Irigaray
Michael Palin
Luis Buñuel
Tobe Hooper
King Vidor
Adolfas and Jonas Mekas
Michel Hazanavicius (ha-zah-nah-VEESH-us)
Eadweard Muybridge
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Marguerite Duras
Michael Haneke
Wisit Sasanatieng
Tsui Hark
Jia Zhang-ke
Andrei Zvyagintsev
Terms
zoetrope
praxinoscope
phenakistoscope
zoopraxiscope
cinématographe
commedia dell arte
Film D’Art
découpage
oeuvre
mettre en scene
depth of field
SMPTE
machinima
film à clef
Titles
Koyaanisqatsi
More Resources
- Forvo offers “all the words in the world. Pronounced”:
- howjsay.com
- You Say It How? LBPH Pronunciation Guide to Names of Public Figures
- Fiennes, Ralph (RĀF FĪNZ)
- A Criterion forum post attracted dozens of questions about the pronunciation of directors’ names:
- Say How? A Pronunciation Guide to Names of Public Figures, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
- Nykvist, Sven (NĒ-kvist)
- Resnais, Alain (al-A[N] rā-NĀ)
- Strathairn, David (strə-THÂRN)
- Tanner, Alain (al-A[N] tə-NĀ)
- Balazs, Bela (BĀ-lə BÄL-äsh)
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