Ebook: Mystifying Movies: Fads & Fallacies in Contemporary Film Theory

Discusses the central topics in contemporary film theory, which the author designates as the theory of film that proceeds within a sociological framework often amplified by Marxism and psychoanalysis. Topics include the psychoanalysis theories of Metz and Baudry, the Althusserian-Lacanian paradigm of Marxism and psychoanalysis, the cinematic image, the structure and function of narrative, and others.