Film Theory and Criticism : Introductory Readings (5th ed)

This is an expanded an updated edition of an ideal introduction to film aesthetics.

In addition to extracts from the writings of film theorists of the calibre of Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Bazin, Barthes, Metz, and Sontag, there are pieces on such perenially contentious issues auteur theory, narrative and genre, and on many key contemporary topics, including psychoanalysis, feminism, television, and the cultural impact of cinema.