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Post-Theory: Reconstructing Film Studies (Wisconsin Studies in Film)
David Bordwell
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Description for Post-Theory: Reconstructing Film Studies (Wisconsin Studies in Film)
Paperback. A collection of essays on topics as diverse as film scores, audience response and the national film industries of Russia, Scandinavia, the US and Japan. The book examines issues such as: what goes on when viewers perceive a film?; how do movies create illusions?; and how does a film arouse emotion? Series: Wisconsin Studies in Film. Num Pages: 582 pages, 57 b&w photographs, 13 line illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 768.
Since the 1970s, film scholars have been searching for a unified theory that will explain all types of film, their production and their reception; the field has been dominated by structuralist Marxism, varieties of cultural theory and the psychoanalytic ideas of Freud and Lacan. The authors of this text ask why not employ many theories tailored to specific goals, rather than search for a unified theory. They offer directions for understanding film, presenting essays by 27 scholars on topics as diverse as film scores, audience response and the national film industries of Russia, Scandinavia, the US and Japan. Using historical, ... Read more
Since the 1970s, film scholars have been searching for a unified theory that will explain all types of film, their production and their reception; the field has been dominated by structuralist Marxism, varieties of cultural theory and the psychoanalytic ideas of Freud and Lacan. The authors of this text ask why not employ many theories tailored to specific goals, rather than search for a unified theory. They offer directions for understanding film, presenting essays by 27 scholars on topics as diverse as film scores, audience response and the national film industries of Russia, Scandinavia, the US and Japan. Using historical, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Series
Wisconsin Studies in Film
Number of Pages
582
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299149444
SKU
V9780299149444
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