Thinking About Movies: Watching, Questioning, Enjoying - Couverture rigide

Lehman, Peter; Luhr, William

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0631233571 ISBN 13 : 9780631233572

Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 2003

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Thinking about Movies, third edition, is a comprehensiveintroduction for students and movie lovers who want to learn how towatch movies critically and analytically. Intended for thebeginner, the text offers the crucial building blocks required tounderstand film as an important narrative and cultural form.

Guiding readers through basic film concepts narrativestructure, authorship, genre, actors, and stars as well asmore complex analyses of race, class, gender, film theory,audience, and reception, Thinking about Movies offers anintelligent and lively introduction to the ways in which movies areconstructed, achieve their effect, and convey their powerfulmessages. This third edition has been fully revised and updated tocover new developments in filmmaking, including the powerful impactof globalization, new technology, and the convergence of thepowerful entertainment and technology industries. It also discussesrecent movie releases including the emerging trend of big–budgetfantasy films being produced in New Zealand, like King Kongand The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and the proliferation ofelaborate multi–character narratives, like Crash andSyriana.

Including extensive illustrations and discussions of a diverseselection of important films, from Citizen Kane to SinCity, this is the ideal textbook to get students thinking aboutthis important medium. The text is accompanied by a website atwww.blackwellpublishing.com/lehman, featuring resources for bothacademics and students.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Thinking About Movies, Third Edition is a comprehensiveguide for students and movie lovers who want to learn how to watchmovies critically and analytically. Intended for the beginner, thetext offers the critical building blocks required to understandfilm as an important narrative and cultural form. Guides readers through basic approaches to film analysis suchas authorship, genre, race, class, gender, film theory, audience,and reception Updated to include discussion of a diverse selection of classicand recent films, from Citizen Kane and Murder, My Sweet to Crashand King Kong Features new coverage of important current trends in theindustry, and recent developments in film theory andcriticism Accompanied by a website at www.blackwellpublishing.com/lehmanfeaturing resources for both academics and students

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0631233571
• ISBN 13: 9780631233572
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 416