Theory of film practice / Noel Burch ; translated by Helen R. Lane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burch, Noël, 1932- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Standardized Title:

Praxis du cinema. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Philosophy.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1981]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This classic in film theory, presents a systematic study of the techniques of the film medium and of their potential uses for creating formal structures in individual films such as Dovzhenko's Earth, Antonioni's La Notte, Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar, Renoir's Nana, and Godard's Pierrot le Fou.Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

I. Basic Elements

II. Dialectics

III. Perturbing Factors

IV. Reflections on the Film Subject

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Translation of: Praxis du cinema.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781400853366

1400853362

OCLC:

889249317