Major Realist Film Theorists
Major Realist Film Theorists

Author: Aitken Ian Aitken

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2016-05-31

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1474402224

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From the 1910s to the emergence of structuralism and post-structuralism in the 1960s, the writings of John Grierson, Siegfried Kracauer, Andre Bazin and Georg Lukacs dominated realist film theory. In this critical anthology, the first collection to address their work in one volume, a wide range of international scholars explore the interconnections between their ideas and help generate new understandings of this important, if neglected, field. Challenging preconceptions about 'classical' theory and the nature of realist representation, and in the process demonstrating how this body of work can be seen as a cohesive theoretical model, this invaluable collection will help return the realist paradigm of film theory to the forefront of academic enquiry.

Realist Film Theory and Cinema
Realist Film Theory and Cinema

Author: Ian Aitken

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13:

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This book suggests ways forward for a new series of studies in cinematic realism, and for a new form of film theory based on realism, stressing the importance of the question of realism, both in film studies and in contemporary life.

Defining Cinema
Defining Cinema

Author: Peter Lehman

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9780813523026

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The Major Film Theories
The Major Film Theories

Author: J. Dudley Andrew

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1976-04-15

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 0199878447

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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.

Theory of Film
Theory of Film

Author: Siegfried Kracauer

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 9780691037042

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This study explores the distinctive qualities of the cinematic medium. It includes an introduction which examines "Theory of Film" in the context of Kracauer's extensive film criticism from the 1920s, and provides a framework for appreciating its significance in contemporary film theory.

Film Theory
Film Theory

Author: Thomas Elsaesser

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-12-16

Total Pages: 371

ISBN-13: 1135967067

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What is the relationship between cinema and spectator? That is the central question for film theory, and renowned film scholars Thomas Elsaesser and Malte Hagener use this question to guide students through all of the major film theories – from the classical period to today – in this insightful, engaging book. Every kind of cinema (and film theory) imagines an ideal spectator, and then imagines a certain relationship between the mind and body of that spectator and the screen. Using seven distinctive configurations of spectator and screen that move progressively from ‘exterior’ to ‘interior’ relationships, the authors retrace the most important stages of film theory from 1945 to the present, from neo-realist and modernist theories to psychoanalytic, ‘apparatus’, phenomenological and cognitivist theories.

The Major Realist Film Theorists
The Major Realist Film Theorists

Author: Ian Aitken

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781474421959

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In this critical anthology a wide range of international scholars explore the interconnections between their ideas and help generate new understandings of this important, if neglected, field. Challenging preconceptions about 'classical' theory and the nature of realist representation, and in the process demonstrating how this body of work can be seen as a cohesive theoretical model, this collection helps to return the realist paradigm of film theory to the forefront of academic enquiry.

Film as Social Practice
Film as Social Practice

Author: Graeme Turner

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1134607148

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Turner provides a clear introduction to major theoretical issues in the history of film production and film studies, examining the function of film as a national cultural industry, and its place in our popular culture.

Studying Film with André Bazin
Studying Film with André Bazin

Author: Blandine Joret

Publisher: Film Theory in Media History

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789462989528

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The impact of French film critic André Bazin (1918-1958) on the development of film studies, though generally acknowledged, remains contested. A passionate initiator of film culture during his lifetime, his ideas have been challenged, defended and revived throughout his afterlife. Studying Film with André Bazin offers an entirely original interpretation of major concepts from Bazin's legacy, such as auteur theory, realism, film language and the influence of film on other arts (poetry and painting in particular). By examining mostly unknown and uncollected texts, Blandine Joret explains Bazin's methodology and adopts it in a contemporary reading, linking his ideas to major philosophical and scientific frameworks as well as more recent media practices such as advertising, CGI, 3D cinema and Virtual Reality. In tune with 21st-century concerns in media culture and film studies, this book addresses a wide readership of film scholars, students and cinephiles.