Film Theory An Introduction - Robert Lapsley

Film Theory: An Introduction Offers A Highly Readable Account Of Film Theory And Is An Indispensable Resource For Students. The Discussion Ranges From The Late 1960s To The Present, A Period In Which A Number Of Conceptual Strands, Notably Politics, Semiotics And Psychoanalysis Were Woven Together In An Ambitious This Book, The Authors Chart The Construction Of This Synthesis And Its Subsequent Fragmentation, And Clearly Explain The Various Intellectual Currents Which Have Contributed To It. Divided Into Two Parts, The First Covers The Conceptual Background Of Film Theory, Dealing With Historical Materialism, Semiotics And Psychoanalysis, Whilst In The Second The Authors Concentrate On Particular Topics Such As Authorship, Narrative, Realism, The Avant-garde And Postmodernism.for This New Edition, The Authors Have Added A New Foreword, A Fully Updated And Expanded Bibliography, And A 60-page Retrospect Outlining Developments Within Film Theory Since The Book's Original Publication In 1988.