One of the leading textbooks for students of cinema, this revised and updated third edition guides students through the key issues and concepts in film studies and introduces some of the world's key national cinemas.
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""I know of no other introductory film text that covers so much ground, nor that so readily connects up film theory and discourse with work in mass and popular culture. The revised edition keeps up with changes in technology...the discussions of Hollywood are particularly illuminating...I highly recommend An Introduction to Film Studies.
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Jill Nelmes is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies and Cultural Studies at the University of East London.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Good on facts...low on theory,
By David Mingay (Headcorn, Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Introduction to Film Studies (Paperback)
This is an excellent book as far as hard facts are concerned, but needs to be read in conjunction with, for example, Studying the Media by Tim O'Sullivan for a complete knowledge of film theory and analysis.
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A First Rate Introduction to Film - it will get my degree !,
By Filmer "StanfordFilm" (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: An Introduction to Film Studies (Paperback)
The book is very strong on context and easily absorbed hard facts - espeecially for instance Kochberg's first long section. Here his infectious style, grasp of the essentials and bang up to date comment on the evolving Industry pay dividends. I have heard him on a lecture tour and he leaves you wanting to make that film - and knowing how to do it ! I have ordered the new 3rd addition for the class behind and I will be using it it my tutorials as I approach my own degree deadline. Kochberg is the most articulate contributor -- his Intro To Documentary Film is also essential -- but the other writers are very strong of core knowledge and context. Cleverly chosen illustrations.
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This Intro to Film Studies is indispensible.,
By Patrick Coburg (Cambridge U. - England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: An Introduction to Film Studies (Paperback)
This excellent Film Studies Introduction -- just out now in its 3rd edition at June 2003 - is direct, fact filled, challenging to the Intro student and global in its scope and mercifully free of acadenic buzz words. Kochberg's first part is very relevant Intro students - a low key triumph of context and explication/ Refer to Kochberg's new book from Wallflower: Intro to Documentary Film. A team book for the student film team.
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We all enjoy watching films, whether in the cinema or on TV. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
orthodox animation, film subsidy system, auteur structure, feminist film practice, experimental animation, auteur study, mainstream film industry, workshop sector, montage cinema, subsidy agency, studio era, musical signifiers, gay cinema, queer cinema, feminist film theory, artisanal mode, further viewing, revolutionary cinema, key films, dominant cinema, distribution windows, animated form, documentary movement, independent cinema, mainstream cinema Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, British Film Institute, New German Cinema, Second World War, West German, Battleship Potemkin, Sergei Eisenstein, Warner Brothers, Red Flannel, Sally Potter, Los Angeles, Martin Scorsese, Mildred Pierce, Esfir Shub, Evgeny Bauer, Dziga Vertov, Raj Kapoor, The Gold Diggers, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Chariots of Fire, Richard Dyer, Soviet Union, Big Five, Derek Jarman, Douglas Sirk New!
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We all enjoy watching films, whether in the cinema or on TV. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
orthodox animation, film subsidy system, auteur structure, feminist film practice, experimental animation, auteur study, mainstream film industry, workshop sector, montage cinema, subsidy agency, studio era, musical signifiers, gay cinema, queer cinema, feminist film theory, artisanal mode, further viewing, revolutionary cinema, key films, dominant cinema, distribution windows, animated form, documentary movement, independent cinema, mainstream cinema Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, British Film Institute, New German Cinema, Second World War, West German, Battleship Potemkin, Sergei Eisenstein, Warner Brothers, Red Flannel, Sally Potter, Los Angeles, Martin Scorsese, Mildred Pierce, Esfir Shub, Evgeny Bauer, Dziga Vertov, Raj Kapoor, The Gold Diggers, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Chariots of Fire, Richard Dyer, Soviet Union, Big Five, Derek Jarman, Douglas Sirk New!
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