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Here at last is an introduction to film theory and its history without the jargon. Noted film scholar V. F. Perkins presents criteria for expanding our understanding and enjoyment of movies. He employs common sense words like balance, coherence, significance, and satisfaction to develop his insightful support of the subtle approach and of the unobtrusive director. Readers will learn why a scene from the humbler movie Carmen Jones is a deeper realization of filmmaking than the bravura lion sequence in the classic Battleship Potemkin. Along the way Perkins invites readers to re-experience with clarity, directness, and simplicity other famous scenes by directors like Hitchcock, Eisenstein, and Chaplin. Perkins examines the origins of movies and embraces their use of both realism and magic, their ability to record as well as to create. In the process he seeks to discover the synthesis between these opposing elements. With the delight of the fan and the perception of the critic, Perkins advances a film theory, based on the work of Bazin and other early film theorists, that is rich with suggestion for debate and further pursuit. Sit beside Perkins as he reacquaints you with cinema, heightens your awareness, deepens your pleasure, and increases your return every time you invest in a movie ticket.
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In 1911 William DeMille, who later became a prominent film , described the movies as 'galloping tintypes [which] no one can expect...to develop into anything which could, by the wildest stretch of the imagination, be called art' Twenty-two years later the theorist Rudolph Arnheim noted: 'There are still many educated people who stoutly deny the possibility that film might be art. Read the first page
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In 1911 William DeMille, who later became a prominent film , described the movies as 'galloping tintypes [which] no one can expect...to develop into anything which could, by the wildest stretch of the imagination, be called art' Twenty-two years later the theorist Rudolph Arnheim noted: 'There are still many educated people who stoutly deny the possibility that film might be art. Read the first page
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A key work of film criticism,
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This review is from: Film as Film: Understanding and Judging Movies (Paperback)
Possibly one of the most influential works of film criticism of the last fifty years, it modestly claims to be an introduction to the study of film, but in fact provides an all-encompassing analysis of what film is and how film works. Almost thirty years old and not revised, but still incredibly current.
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By S. Hussein "rubaiyat79" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Film as Film: Understanding and Judging Movies (Paperback)
I am scraching my head...at the previous reviewer, Perkins is one of the most brilliant and repected film critics alive. He is difficult...but so is most anything worth doing in life.Perkins doesn't introduce concepts with astheticly pleasing headings, and entertaing pictures, then explain what each one means, and why its important...I am sure the "dummy's" guide books have done that already along with a 1000 others. Perkins is one of a few critics who have transformed films for me and many others. I am so surprized and sad that so few have reviewed this important work. 10 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Film as Film: Understanding and Judging Movies (Paperback)
While I'm sure students of film and film theory will find this book a valuable resource, a novice to the genre should probably seek out another book. Mr. Perkins does not elucidate the topic of film theory, but instead takes a heavy handed approach to the subject and leaves those unfamiliar with the subject scratching her head.
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