Defining cinema / 
edited and with an introduction by Peter Lehman. 
 - New Brunswick, N.J. :  Rutgers University Press,  1997. 
 - viii, 216 pages ;   24 cm. 
 - Rutgers depth of field series  .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-206) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : what is film theory? / Peter Lehman<br/>The montage of film attractions / Sergei M. Eisenstein<br/>Eisenstein and Soviet cinema / Vance Kepley Jr<br/>The evolution of the language of cinema / André Bazin<br/>André Bazin's "Evolution" / Dudley Andrew<br/>Basic concepts / Siegfried Kracauer<br/>Kracauer's theory of film / Noël Carroll<br/>"Spatial and temporal articulations" and "Editing as a plastic art" Noël Burch<br/>To zero and beyond : Noël Burch's Theory of film practice / Edward Branigan<br/>"Identification, mirror" and "The passion for perceiving" / Christian Metz<br/>Christian Metz / Robert T. Eberwein 
<br/><br/> Defining Cinema is the first book to bring together leading theorists and scholars to discuss the importance of film theory to cinema studies. Peter Lehman introduces the volume by explaining what constitutes film theory and outlining the major positions within the field by placing these five theorists and their work within a historical perspective. Andre Bazin and Siegfried Kracauer represent realist film theories, and Sergei Eisenstein represents a formalist position. Noel Burch and Christian Metz are contemporary theorists who have moved beyond the classical realist-formalist opposition. Burch's theory encompasses films and styles praised by both Bazin and Eisenstein, and Metz helped bring semiotics and psychoanalytic theory to prominence in the field. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0813523028 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780813523026 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Motion pictures--Philosophy.<br/>Cine--Filosofía<br/>Filosofía del cine 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN 1995  / D313 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.43/01