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Theory of Film Practice

by Noël Burch

Type
Essays
Subject
Theory
Keywords
theory
Publishing date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Collection
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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Book Presentation:
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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