Table of Contents

PREFACE; I. FILM LANGUAGE; 1. VSEVOLOD PUDOVKIN FROM FILM TECHNIQUE; 2. SERGEI EISENSTEIN FROM FILM FORM; 3. ANDRE BAZIN FROM WHAT IS CINEMA?; 4. BRIAN HENDERSON; 5. CHRISTIAN METZ FROM FILM LANGUAGE; 6. GILBERT HARMAN; 7. STEPHEN PRINCE; 8. DANIEL DAYAN; 9. WILLIAM ROTHMAN; 10. NICK BROWNE; II. FILM AND REALITY; 1. SIEGFRIED KRACAUER FROM THEORY OF FILM; 2. ANDRE BAZIN FROM WHAT IS CINEMA?; 3. RUDOLF ARNHEIM FROM FILM AS ART; 4. JEAN-LOUIS BAUDRY; 5. NOEL CARROLL FROM MYSTIFYING MOVIES; 6. JONATHAN CRARY FROM MODERNIZING VISION; 7. GILLES DELEUZE FROM CINEMA; III. THE FILM MEDIUM: IMAGE AND SOUND; 1. ERWIN PANOFSKY; 2. SIEGFRIED KRACAUER FROM THEORY OF FILM; 3. BELA BALASZ FROM THEORY OF THE FILM; 4. RUDOLF ARNHEIM FROM FILM AS ART; 5. NOEL CARROLL FROM PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS OF CLASSICAL FILM THEORY; 6. GERALD MAST FROM FILM/CINEMA/MOVIE; 7. STANLEY CAVELL FROM THE WORLD VIEWED; 8. SERGEI EISENSTEIN, VSEVELOD PUDOVKIN, AND GRIGORI ALEXANDROV; 9. MARY ANN DOANE; 10. JOHN BELTON; IV. FILM NARRATIVE AND THE OTHER ARTS; 1. ANDRE BAZIN FROM WHAT IS CINEMA?; 2. LEO BRAUDY FROM THE WORLD IN A FRAME; 3. SERGEI EISENSTEIN FROM DICKENS, GRIFFITH, AND OURSELVES; 4. DUDLEY ANDREW FROM CONCEPTS IN FILM THEORY ADAPTATION; 5. BRIAN MCFARLANE FROM NOVEL TO FILM; 6. TOM GUNNING; 7. JERROLD LEVINSON; 8. PETER WOLLEN; 9. DAVID BORDWELL; V. THE FILM ARTIST; 1. ANDREW SARRIS; 2. PETER WOLLEN FROM SIGNS AND MEANING IN THE CINEMA; 3. ROLAND BARTHES; 4. GILBERTO PEREZ FROM THE MATERIAL GHOST; 5. RICHARD DYER FROM STARS; 6. JAMES NAREMORE FROM ACTING IN THE CINEMA; 7. MOLLY HASKELL FROM FROM REVERENCE TO RAPE; 8. RICHARD B. JEWELL; 9. THOMAS SCHATZ FROM THE GENIUS OF THE SYSTEM; VI. FILM GENRES; 1. LEO BRAUDY FROM THE WORLD IN A FRAME; 2. RICK ALTMAN; 3. THOMAS SCHATZ FROM HOLLYWOOD GENRES; 4. ROBERT WARSHOW; 5. PAUL SCHRADER; 6. ROBIN WOOD; 7. LINDA WILLIAMS; 8. CYNTHIA A. FREELAND; 9. TANIA MODLESKI; 10. DAVID BORDWELL; VII. FILM: SPECTATOR AND AUDIENCE; 1. WALTER BENJAMIN; 2. JEAN COMOLLI AND JEAN NARBONI; 3. CHRISTIAN METZ FROM THE IMAGINARY SIGNIFIER; 4. LAURA MULVEY; 5. TANIA MODLESKI FROM THE WOMEN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH: HITCHCOCK AND FEMINIST THEORY; 6. TOM GUNNING; 7. ROBERT STAM AND LOUISE SPENCE; 8. MANTHIA DIAWARA; VIII. FILM: DIGITIZATION AND GLOBALIZATION; 1. LEV MANOVICH FROM THE LANGUAGE OF NEW MEDIA; 2. ANNE FRIEDBERG; 3. PHILIP ROSEN FROM CHANGE MUMMIFIED; 4. MICHAEL ALLEN; 5. KRISTEN WHISSEL; 6. STEPHEN CROFTS; 7. MITSUHIRO YOSHIMOTO; 8. WIMAL DISSANAYAKE; INDEX

Reviews

An excellent introductory survey text, offering key essays in film theory and criticism for the beginning student. . . . A superb text in every respect; well annotated and authoritative.
*Wheeler Winston Dixon, University of Nebraska*

Essential reading for the serious film student.
*Jerry Allen White, University of Oklahoma*