History of Film Theory

Author: Guido Aristarco (Italy)
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Publish Date: 1994-05-01
Features: This book is part of the "Foreign Film Theory Classics Series." The author is an authoritative film theorist from Italy. In this book, he systematically and comprehensively discusses the development of traditional film theory from the birth of cinema to the 1950s of this century. Focusing on the activities of early film theory masters such as Canudo, Dulac, Dziga Vertov, Kuleshov, Eisenstein, and Arnheim, he elaborates on their viewpoints, evaluates their roles in the creation, organization, and popularization of film theory, and predicts the crisis of traditional theory, proposing the urgency of necessary revisions. This book is highly valuable for us to learn from the experiences of our predecessors and improve our theoretical level.