Books in the Film Theory in Media History series

This book brings together a stellar roster of contributors to present a close analysis of Metz's writings, their theoretical and epistemological positions, and their ongoing influence today.

For the first time this volume makes Jean-Pierre Meunier's influential thoughts on the film experience available for an English-speaking readership.

Eisenstein's virtual map of the world of all cinema-related media.

An exploration of Italian culture in transition during the advent of cinema, as this 'scandalous' new technology appeared poised to thoroughly change everyday life.

This volume brings together a wide range of research on the ways in which technological innovations have established new and changing conditions for the experience, study and theorization of film.

This book draws new connections between twentieth-century German and French film theory and practice and vitalist conceptions of life from biology and philosophy.

This book is a first step toward a serious reassessment of the mostly unspoken theoretical and aesthetic premises underlying auteur theory.

This volume offers readable summaries, elaborations, and explanations of his sometimes complex and demanding theories of film.

The impact of French film critic Andr Bazin (1918-1958) on the development of film studies, though generally acknowledged, remains contested. Although he was a passionate initiator of film culture during his lifetime, his ideas have been challenged, defended and revived throughout his afterlife. Studying Film with Andr Bazin offers an entirely or