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Film Theory - An Introduction (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Film Theory - An Introduction (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Film theory: an introduction offers a highly readable account of
film theory and is an indispensable resource for students. The
discussion ranges from the late 1960s to the present, a period in
which a number of conceptual strands, notably politics, semiotics
and psychoanalysis were woven together in an ambitious synthesis.
In this book, the authors chart the construction of this synthesis
and its subsequent fragmentation, and clearly explain the various
intellectual currents which have contributed to it. Divided into
two parts, the first covers the conceptual background of film
theory, dealing with historical materialism, semiotics and
psychoanalysis, whilst in the second the authors concentrate on
particular topics such as authorship, narrative, realism, the
avant-garde and postmodernism. For this new edition, the authors
have added a new foreword, a fully updated and expanded
bibliography, and a 60-page Retrospect outlining developments
within film theory since the book's original publication in 1988.
This Retrospect identifies a number of broad readings of Theory,
each with a different perspective on the main content of the book.
As such, it provides a new and original mapping of the
'post-theory' moment in this complex and often fractured terrain.
Accessible and authoritative, this book is essential reading for
students of film theory, or indeed anyone seeking a deeper
understanding of modern cinema. -- .
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