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Theory of Film Practice

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Type
Essays
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theory
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
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Princeton Legacy Library
Language
English
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Paperback • 188 pages
5 ¾ x 8 ½ inches (14.5 x 21.5 cm)
ISBN
978-0-691-61514-1
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This classic in film theory, presents a systematic study of the techniques of the film medium and of their potential uses for creating formal structures in individual films such as Dovzhenko's Earth, Antonioni's La Notte, Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar, Renoir's Nana, and Godard's Pierrot le Fou.

Originally published in 1981.

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