Bay, Michael:
The Rock, 91
Transformers, 115
Transformers: Dark of the Moon,
514
Transformers: Revenge of the
Fallen, 403
Bazelli, Bojan, 250
Bazin, André, 161, 256, 309, 349,
458–59
“The Evolution of the Language
of Cinema,” 459
BBC Films, 505
Beach, Adam, 314
Beatles, The, 107
Beatty, Warren, 41, 474
Beaufoy, Simon, 133
Beaumont, Harry, The Broadway
Melody, 106
Beavers, Louise, 313
Beck, Mat, 279
Becker, Jacques, 458
Touchez pas au grisbi, 93
Beckert, Hans, 319
Becky Sharp(Mamoulian), 235
Bedard, Irene, 314
Beebe, Roger, The Strip Mall
Trilogy, 82
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 407,421, 422
Before Night Falls(Schnabel), 312
Beijing Opera, 468
Being Cyrus(Adajama), 472
Being John Malkovich(Jonze), 317
Being There(Ashby), 329
Bekmambetov, Timur, Nightwatch,
102
Belle de Jour(Buñuel), 447
Belmondo, Jean-Paul, 361, 459
Belson, Jordan, Allures, 81
Belton, John, 434
Benavente, Michael J., 397
Benchley, Peter, 133
Benegal, Shyam, 472
Ankur, 472
Bhumika, 472
Manthan, 472
Nehru, 472
Nishant, 472
Satyajit Ray, Filmmaker, 472
Ben-Hur(Wyler), 60
Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(Niblo), 60
Bening, Annette, 41, 215
Benitani, Kenichi, 409
Bennett, Belle, 331
Bennett, Tony, 412
Bentley, Wes, 41, 217, 218, 220
Benton, Robert, The Human Stain,
306,307, 312
Beowulf, 145
Beowulf(Zemeckis), 283
Berenson, Marisa, 322, 396
Berg, Peter, Hancock, 188
Berger, Ludwig, 200
Bergfelder, Ulrich, 181
Bergman, Ingmar, 370, 372,461,
474, 477
Persona, 81
The Seventh Seal,231, 232
Wild Strawberries, 409
Bergman, Ingrid, 123, 255,268, 301
Berkeley, Busby, 254
Berkey, Craig, 410
Berlin Alexanderplatz(Fassbinder),
464
Bernhardt, Curtis, 301
Miss Sadie Thompson, 515
Bernhardt, Sarah, 295
Bernstein, Elmer, 404
Bernstein, Leonard, 404
Berry, Graham, 277
Berry, Halle, 313, 313
Bertolucci, Bernardo, 157,172,
320, 457
Bertrand, Pierre-André, 398
Best, Ahmed, 309
Best, Eve, 251
best boy, 228
Best Years of Our Lives, The(Wyler),
203,228, 326, 499
Bettany, Paul, 319
Better Tomorrow, A(Woo), 469, 469
Betty Boop, 443
Bewitched(Ephron), 307
Bhumika(Benegal), 472
Bhuvan Shome(Sen), 472
Bicycle Thieves, The(De Sica), 200,
200,456, 457, 471
Bier, Susanne, Open Hearts, 463
Bigelow, Kathryn, The Hurt Locker,
133, 246, 387, 403
Big Heat, The(Lang), 230
Big Lebowski, The(Coen and Coen),
132, 132,133, 308
Big Parade, The(Vidor), 268, 442
Big Sleep, The(Hawks), 96
Big Trail, The(Walsh), 105, 248, 308
Big Tree, Chief, 314
Bindler, S.R., Hands on a Hard Body, 74
Binoche, Juliet, 292biography (biopic) genre, 145,156, 157
Birch, Albert, 398, 417
Birch, Thora, 41, 215, 218, 220
Bird, Antonia, Ravenous, 108
Bird, Brad:
The Incredibles,111, 114–15
The Iron Giant,99, 111
Ratatouille,111, 181
Birds, The(Hitchcock), 101, 264, 275,
277,322, 352, 417
bird’s-eye-view shot, seeaerial-view
shot
Birth(Glazer), 278–79, 278, 326
Birth of a Nation, The(Griffith), 191,
265, 296, 312, 376, 376,381,
441, 442, 443
assassination sequence table,
378–80
racism in, 442
Bismuth, Pierre, 146
bit players, 316
Bitzer, G. W., 234, 252
Björklund, Timothy, Teacher’s Pet, 108
Blaché, Alice Guy, 442, 443
Black, Dustin Lance, 156
black and white film, 231–34, 454
color vs., 230–31, 230, 232
moral or ethical implications of,
231
in The Seventh Seal,231–32, 232
tonality, 233–34, 233
Black Cat, The(Murnau), 182
Black Cloud(Schroder), 314
Black Friday(Kashyap), 472
Black Hawk Down(Scott), 39, 39, 408
Blackman, Jeremy, 406
Black Maria, 438, 438
Black Narcissus(Powell and
Pressburger), 200
Black Pirate, The(Parker), 234
Black Sunday(Bava), 101, 212
Black Swan(Aronofsky), 127,128–29,
132, 133, 207–8, 516
Blackton, J. Stuart, The Life of
Moses, 442
Blade II(del Toro), 13
Blade Runner(R. Scott), 97, 98, 156,
156, 281
Blair Witch Project, The,(Myrick and
Sánchez), 102
Blake, Robert, 229
Blamey, Brian, 407
Blanchett, Cate, 291, 291
Bleibtreu, Moritz, 352, 354
blimp, 255, 297–98580 INDEX