Post-theory : Reconstructing Film Studies
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Wisconsin Studies in Film
ISBN-10
0299149447
ISBN-13
9780299149444
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Imprint
University of Wisconsin Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 15th, 1996
Print length
582 Pages
Weight
768 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.20 x 3.00 cms
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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?
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, philosophical, psychological and feminist methods, the book examines issues such as: what goes on when viewers perceive a film?; how do filmmakers exploit conventions?; how do movies create illusions?; and how does a film arouse emotion?
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