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Defining cinema

edited and with an introduction by Peter Lehman

(Rutgers depth of field series)

Rutgers University Press, c1997

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Defining Cinema is the first book to bring together leading theorists and scholars to discuss the importance of film theory to cinema studies. Peter Lehman introduces the volume by explaining what constitutes film theory and outlining the major positions within the field by placing these five theorists and their work within a historical perspective. Andre Bazin and Siegfried Kracauer represent realist film theories, and Sergei Eisenstein represents a formalist position. Noel Burch and Christian Metz are contemporary theorists who have moved beyond the classical realist-formalist opposition. Burch's theory encompasses films and styles praised by both Bazin and Eisenstein, and Metz helped bring semiotics and psychoanalytic theory to prominence in the field.

Table of Contents

Introduction: what is film theory? / Peter Lehman The montage of film attractions / Sergei M. Eisenstein Eisenstein and Soviet cinema / Vance Kepley Jr The evolution of the language of cinema / Andre Bazin Andre Bazin's "Evolution" / Dudley Andrew Basic concepts / Siegfried Kracauer Kracauer's theory of film / Noe l Carroll "Spatial and temporal articulations" and "Editing as a plastic art" Noe l Burch To zero and beyond : Noe l Burch's Theory of film practice / Edward Branigan "Identification, mirror" and "The passion for perceiving" / Christian Metz Christian Metz / Robert T. Eberwein

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  • NCID
    BA65718095
  • ISBN
    • 0813523028
  • LCCN
    97007710
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New Brunswick, N.J.
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 216 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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