The Major Film Theories: An Introduction

by J. Dudley Andrew

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Both a history of film theory and an introduction to the work of the most important writers in the field, Andrew's volume reveals the bases of thought of such major theorists as Munsterberg, Arnheim, Eisenstein, Balazs, Kracauer, Bazin, Mitry, and Metz.

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Dudley Andrew is R. Selden Rose Professor of Film and Comparative Literature at Yale University. His books include Opening Bazin: Postwar Film Theory and Its Afterlife, What Cinema Is!, Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film, and A Companion to Franois Truffaut.

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791.4301Arts & recreationRecreation, sports, and performing artsMovies, TV, VideoMotion pictures, radio, television, podcastingMotion picturesStandard subdivisionsTheory And Instruction
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PN1995 .A5Language and LiteratureLiterature (General)Literature (General)DramaMotion pictures
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