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Filmtheorie in de praktijkReeks

Deze serie overbrugt de kloof tussen filmtheorie en praktische toepassing door diepgaande uitleg van theoretische concepten te koppelen aan inzichtelijke filminterpretaties. Elke bundel richt zich op één enkele theorie en één enkele film, en demonstreert hoe theorie tekstuele analyse kan verlichten. Het biedt originele lezingen van belangrijke films en onderwijst tegelijkertijd lezers over specifieke theoretische kaders. Ontworpen voor zowel studenten als enthousiastelingen, biedt deze collectie toegankelijke maar toch rigoureuze benaderingen om cinema te begrijpen.

Auteur Theory and My Son John
Critical Race Theory and Bamboozled
Psychoanalytic Film Theory and The Rules of the Game
Marxist Film Theory and Fight Club
Queer Theory and Brokeback Mountain
Postcolonial Theory and Avatar

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  • Marxist Film Theory and Fight Club

    • 200bladzijden
    • 7 uur lezen

    Anna Kornbluh provides an overview of Marxist approaches to film, with particular attention to three central concepts in Marxist theory in general that have special bearing on film: “the mode of production,” “ideology,” and “mediation.” In explaining how these concepts operate and how they have been used and misused in film studies, the volume employs a case study to exemplify the practice of Marxist film theory. Fight Club is an exceptionally useful text with which to explore these three concepts because it so vividly and pedagogically engages with economic relations, ideological distortion, and opportunities for transformation. At the same time, it is a very typical film in terms of the conditions of its production, its marketing, and its popularity. Adapted from a novel by Chuck Palahniuk, the film is a contemporary classic that has lent itself to significant re-interpretation with every shift in the political economic landscape since its debut. Marxist Film Theory and Fight Club models a detailed cinematic interpretation that students can practice with other films, and furnishes a set of ideas about cinema and society that can be carried into other kinds of study, giving students tools for analyzing culture broadly defined.

    Marxist Film Theory and Fight Club

  • Auteur Theory and My Son John

    • 190bladzijden
    • 7 uur lezen

    The newest volume in the Film Theory in Practice Series, Auteur Theory and My Son John offers a concise introduction to authorship and auteur theory in jargon-free language. The book goes on to show this theory can be deployed to interpret Leo McCarey's notorious but undervalued film My Son John, which critics deemed a clear-cut failure, and the auteurists declared a masterpiece. James Morrison traces the development of auteur theory through its emergence in the pages of the French film journal Cahiers du cinema and the complex permutations it undergoes subsequently. This history will help students and scholars who are eager to learn more about this important area of film theory. The analysis of My Son John shows how auteur theory enables modes of interpretation and discovers levels of meaning otherwise unavailable.

    Auteur Theory and My Son John

  • Narrative Theory and Adaptation.

    Narrative Theory and Adaptation offers a concise introduction to narrative theory in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpret Spike Jonze's critically acclaimed 2002 film Adaptation. Understanding narrative theory is crucial to make sense of the award-winning film Adaptation. The book explicates, in clear prose for beginners, four key facets important to the narrative theory of film: the distinction between practical vs. critical theory, the role of adaptation, the process of narrative comprehension, and notions of authorship. It then works to unlock Adaptation using these four keys in succession, considering how the film demands a theoretical understanding of the storytelling process. In using this unusual case study of a film, the author makes the case for the importance of narrative theory as a general perspective for filmmakers, critics, and viewers alike.

    Narrative Theory and Adaptation.