Film Theory and Criticism by Gerald Mast
This is an expanded an updated edition of an ideal introduction to film aesthetics. In addition to extracts from the writings of film theorists of the calibre of Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Bazin, Barthes, Metz, and Sontag, there are pieces on such perenially contentious issues auteur theory, narrative and genre, and on many key contemporary topics, including psychoanalysis, feminism, television, and the cultural impact of cinema.
" An inspired source for any student looking for film theory informationThe book provides a deep analysis to all major areas of film theory including semiotics, psychoanalysis aesthetics as a part of film theory. A must.", Luis Teixeira, Univeridade Catolica Portuguesa - Fine Arts School
Leo Braudy is a University Professor and the Leo S. Bing Chair in English and American Literature at the University of Southern California. He previously taught at Yale, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins University. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship as well as a Senior Scholar Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has been a fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center, as well as a writer in residence at the American Academy in Rome. His book Jean Renoir: The World of His Films was a finalist for the National Book Award. Another of his books, The Frenzy of Renown: Fame and Its History, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Harper's. Mr. Braudy lives in Los Angeles.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195105988 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195105982 |
| Title | Film Theory and Criticism |
| Author | Gerald Mast |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1998-08-06 |
| Number of pages | 880 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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