Books by John Orr

In a fresh and invigorating look at British cinema that considers film as an art form among other arts, John Orr takes a critical look at the intriguing relationship between romanticism and modernism in British cinema.

aeo This is a controversial study of the development of the modern cinema which analyses film as a distinctive social and cultural form. aeo The book rejects current post--structuralist theories of the cinema and also criticises the concept of postmodernity as a means of exploring developments in cinema.