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Film theory no longer gets top billing or plays a starring role in film studies today, as critics proclaim that theory is dead and we are living in a post-theory moment. While theory may be out of the limelight, it remains an essential key to understanding the full complexity of cinema, one that should not be so easily discounted or discarded. In this volume, contributors explore recent popular movies through the lens of film theory, beginning with industrial-economic analysis before moving into a predominately aesthetic and interpretive framework. The Hollywood films discussed cover

Film --- Los Angeles --- Motion pictures --- Cinéma --- Philosophy. --- Philosophie --- Cinéma --- Los Angeles [California] --- Motion pictures. --- Cinema --- Feature films --- Films --- Movies --- Moving-pictures --- Audio-visual materials --- Mass media --- Performing arts --- History and criticism

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Film --- Semiotics --- Motion pictures --- Cinéma --- Semiotics. --- Philosophy. --- Sémiotique --- Philosophie --- Philosophy --- 791.43 --- 82:791.43 --- 82:3 --- -Motion pictures --- -Cinema --- Feature films --- Films --- Movies --- Moving-pictures --- Audio-visual materials --- Mass media --- Performing arts --- Filmkunst. Films. Cinema --- Literatuur en film --- Literatuur en maatschappijwetenschappen --- History and criticism --- -Filmkunst. Films. Cinema --- 82:3 Literatuur en maatschappijwetenschappen --- 82:791.43 Literatuur en film --- 791.43 Filmkunst. Films. Cinema --- -82:3 Literatuur en maatschappijwetenschappen --- Cinema --- Cinéma --- Sémiotique --- Motion pictures - Semiotics --- Motion pictures - Philosophy

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-169) and index --- Motion pictures --- Semiotics --- Semiotics. --- Film --- Cinéma --- Sémiotique

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"From mainstream blockbusters to art house cinema, narrative and narration are the driving forces that organize a film. Yet attempts to explain these forces are often mired in notoriously complex terminology and dense theory. Warren Buckland provides a clear and accessible introduction that explains how narrative and narration work using straightforward language. Narrative and Narration distills the basic components of cinematic storytelling into a set of core concepts: narrative structure, processes of narration, and narrative agents. The book opens with a discussion of the emergence of narrative and narration in early cinema and proceeds to illustrate key ideas through numerous case studies. Each chapter guides readers through different methods that they can use to analyze cinematic storytelling. Buckland also discusses how departures from traditional modes, such as feminist narratives, art cinema, and unreliable narrators, can complicate and corroborate the book's understanding of narrative and narration. Examples include mainstream films, both classic and contemporary; art house films of every stripe; and two relatively new styles of cinematic storytelling: the puzzle film and those driven by a narrative logic derived from video games. Narrative and Narration is a concise introduction that provides readers with fundamental tools to understand cinematic storytelling"--

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