Film theory is a notoriously difficult area to teach, partly because of its complexity but also because students are ill-equipped for the reading required by it. This book is an easy but comprehensive introduction to film theory. Using clever resources, it is the ideal entry point, enthusing and equipping students for study. CHRISTINE ETHERINGTON-WRIGHT is a Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at University of Portsmouth (UK) where she teaches a course on Film Theory. She is theauthor of Gender, Professions, Discourse (Palgrave, 2008). . RUTH DOUGHTY is a Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at University of Portsmouth (UK). She is oneof the co-founding editors of the journal 'Transnational Cinemas' and co-edited 'Sound and Music in Film and Visual Media' (2008). INDICE: Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Auteur - Case studies: Alfred Hitchcock and Guillermo del Toro Chapter 2: Genre - Case studies: The Swashbuckler and the Musical Chapter 3: Formalism - Case study: Run Lola Run/ LolaRennt (Tom Tykwer, 1998) Chapter 4: Structuralism and Post-structuralism - Case study: Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1968) Chapter 5: Marxism- Case study: Latin America: Third Cinema and Imperfect Cinema Chapter 6: Realism - Case study: Dogme 95 Chapter: 7 Postmodernism - Case study: Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001) Chapter 8: Psychoanalysis - Case study: Oldboy (Chan-Wook Park, 2003) Chapter 9: Feminism - Case study: Mamma Mia! (Phyllida Lloyd, 2008) Chapter 10: Masculinity - Case study: Christian Bale Chapter 11: Queer Theory - Case study: Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005) Chapter 12: Audience Research and Reception - Case study: Violence Chapter 13: Stars - Case studies: Amitabh Bachchan and Judi Dench Chapter 14: Race and Ethnicity - Case study: Rabbit-Proof Fence (Philip Noyce, 2002) Chapter 15: Postcolonial and Transnational Cinemas - Case study: Avatar (James Cameron, 2009) Conclusion Filmography Index -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-21711-9
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha Publicación: 05/08/2011
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