Film Art: An IntroductionFilm is an art form with a language and an aesthethic all its own, and since 1979 David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson's 'Film Art' has been the most respected introduction to and analysis of cinema. In this 7th edition, the book has been extensively re-designed to improve readability. |
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Contents
PART Film Production Distribution and Exhibition | 2 |
PART Film Form | 47 |
CHAPTER THREE Narrative as a formal System | 68 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Film Art: An Introduction McGraw-Hill higher education |
| Authors | David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson |
| Edition | 7, illustrated |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill, 2004 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Feb 9, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0071215921, 9780071215923 |
| Length | 532 pages |
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