Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings - Third Edition

New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. Third Edition - Ninth Printing . Trade Paperback. Fine. 5 1/2" X 8 1/4. 852 Pages. Interior txt pages are flawless. With its expanded range of selections and extended historical coverage, this third edition of a highly popular text on film aesthetics features major additions of contemporary topics in film theory-including psychoanalytic, feminist, and Marxist approaches, and new essays on television, horror films, and experimental movie making. This book now includes fifty-three selections, fourteen of them freshly chosen. The section Kinds of Film has been retitled Film Genres and concentrates exclusively on the distinctions within a single type of film: classical Hollywood narrative cinema. The final section, now called Film: Psychology, Society, and Ideology, is substantially revised to take into account film's relationship to its consumers: how films shape or reflect cultural attitudes, reinforce or reject dominant modes of cultural thinking, and stimulate or frustrate people's needs and drives. Throughout the book chapter introductions have been rewritten to reflect today's concerns. Current and comprehensive, the book has been called the best collection available on the disparate comments in the field of film theory and criticism and now is even better. Contents in Seven Parts: Film and Reality, Film Image and Film Language, The Film Medium, Film Theater and Literature, Film Genres, The Film Arts, and Film Psychology Society and Ideology.