- 'A succinct, legible and important guide to the study of film. The book presents a well organised approach to film studies with each chapter containing valuable information and detail', Luis Teixeira, Universidade Catolice Portuguese – Fine Arts School
Film Studies: Critical Approaches represents the most up-do-date critical guide to the study of film, covering all the significant theories, debates and approaches to the subject. A team of international experts provides an overview of the main disciplinary approaches to film studies, explaining the main concepts and methods involved in film analysis, and discussing areas in detail, including important new areas such as film audiences and reception, queer theory, film and psychoanalysis, and poststructuralist debates. Chapter summaries and lists of further reading in each chapter help the student to assimilate the material. This text is ideal for undergraduates taking courses in film criticism and textual analysis, guiding the reader through the maze of theory to the heart of the subject.
Introduction, John Hill
PART ONE. CRITICAL APPROACHES
1. Introduction to Film Studies, Richard Dyer
STUDYING THE FILM TEXT
2. The Film Text and Film Form, Robert Phillip Kolker
Readings:
Written on the Wind, Robin Wood
Citizen Kane, Peter Wollen
3. Film Acting, Paul McDonald
4. Film Costume, Pamela Church Gibson
5. Film Music, Claudia Gorbman
THE FILM TEXT: THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENTS
6. Classic Film Theory and Semiotics, Anthony Easthope
7. Formalism and Neo-formalism, Ian Christie
Reading: `Poetry and Prose in Cinema', Victor Schlovsky
8. Impressionism, Surrealism, and Film Theory, Robert B. Ray
9. Film and Psychoanalysis, Barbara Creed
10. Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction, Peter Brunette
11. Film and Postmodernism, John Hill
FILM TEXT AND CONTEXT: GENDER, IDEOLOGY, AND IDENTITIES
12. Marxism and Film, Chuck Kleinhans
Reading: `The Political Thriller Debate', John Hill
13. Feminism and Film, Patricia White
Readings:
Rebecca, Mary Anne Doane
Rebecca, Tania Modleski
14. Gay and Lesbian Criticism, Anneke Smelik
15. Queer Theory, Alexander Doty
16. Pornography, Laura Kipnis
17. Race, Ethnicity, and Film, Robyn Wiegman
18. Film and Cultural Identity, Rey Chow
FILM TEXT AND CONTEXT: CULTURE, HISTORY, AND RECEPTION
19. Film and History, Dudley Andrew
20. Sociology and Film, Andrew Tudor
21. Cultural Studies and Film, Graeme Turner
22. Film Audiences, Jostein Gripsrud
23. Hermeneutics, Reception Aesthetics, and Film Interpretation, Noel King
John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson and Richard Dyer and E. Ann Kaplan and Paul Willemen
'...these volumes promise something more directed. ...Film Studies is a decent introduction to the subject.' Sight and Sound August 2000 (Page 32 Film criticism)
