Concepts in Film Theory

Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dj. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice tight clean copy, minimal shelfwear, previous owner's signature on ffep; jacket faded along spine, one tiny nick and some associated short creasing at top of front panel, short diagonal crease at top corner of front flap]. This book "concentrates on the major areas of debate rather than on individual figures" in the sometimes arcane regions of film theory. The author, touted as "a master at making the world of film theory accessible to a largely mystified [and, one might also say, largely uninterested] public," here "provides lucid explanations of theories which involve perceptual psychology and structuralism; semiotics and psychoanalysis; hermeneutics and genre study." As the saying goes, it's the sort of thing you'll like, if you like that sort of thing. .