Grant, Barry Keith
Auteurs and Authorship: A Film Reader
- 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:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
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.