The Major Film Theories - An Introduction

Klappentext The Major Film Theories is designed for anyone with a serious interest in the art of film. It is both a history of film theory and an introduction to the work of the most important and influential writers on the subject- Munsterberg, Arnheim, Eisenstein, Balazs, Kracauer, Bazin, Mitry and Metz. Zusammenfassung Both a history of film theory and an introduction to the work of the most important writers in the field, Major Film Theories compares the thought of such major theorists as Munsterberg, Arnheim, Eisenstein, Balazs, Kracauer, Bazin, Mitry, and Metz. Andrew places their theories in the context of larger intellectual movements, including Gestalt Psychology, Russian Formalism, and Existentialism.

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• Authors: Dudley Andrew, J. D. Andrew, J. Dudley Andrew, J.dudley Andrew, James Dudley Andrew
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.08.1976
• EAN: 9780195019919
• ISBN: 978-0-19-501991-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Galaxy Books; Galaxy Books; Print on demand
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism