Grant, Barry Keith

Auteurs and Authorship: A Film Reader

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ISBN 13:
9781405153348
author:
Grant, Barry Keith
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Wiley-Blackwell
language:
English
Publication Year:
2008
Pages:
344
Dimensions:
189mm X 245mm
Genre:
Music, Stage & Screen / Film
Condition:
New
Availability:
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£40.59

Description

Auteurs and Authorship: A Film Reader offers an in-depth exploration of film studies' central concept - authorship. This anthology addresses aesthetic and historical debates surrounding auteur theory, providing analysis and criticism from renowned authors. The book features a range of established directors, including John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, and Spike Lee, alongside historically important texts and contemporary pieces. It includes student-friendly features such as an introduction, prefaces to each section, bibliography, alternative table of contents, and boxed features. This collection deliberately focuses on filmmakers' oeuvres as a whole, rather than individual films, allowing lecturers to tailor their syllabi. With its comprehensive approach, Auteurs and Authorship: A Film Reader provides a valuable resource for students and scholars of film studies.

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