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Since publication of the first edition in 1974, Leo Braudy and Marshall Cohen's __Film Theory and Criticism__ has been **the most widely used and cited anthology of critical writings about film.** Now in its seventh edition, this landmark text continues to offer outstanding coverage of more than a century of thought and writing about the movies. Incorporating classic texts by pioneers in film theory--including Rudolf Arnheim, Siegfried Kracauer, and André Bazin--and cutting-edge essays by such contemporary scholars as David Bordwell, Tania Modleski, Thomas Schatz, and Richard Dyer, the book examines both historical and theoretical viewpoints on the subject.Building upon the wide range of selections and the extensive historical coverage that marked previous editions, this new compilation stretches from the earliest attempts to define the cinema to the most recent efforts to place film in the contexts of psychology, sociology, and philosophy, and to explore issues of gender and race. Reorganized into eight sections--each comprising the major fields of critical controversy and analysis--this new edition features reformulated introductions and biographical headnotes that contextualize

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Author

Leo Braudy, Marshall Cohen

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780195365627

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.3 / 5 (46 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14