Film theory and criticism: introductory readings

from Film technique. [On editing] / Vsevolod Pudovkin from Film form. Beyond the shot [the cinematographic principle and the ideogram] ; Dramaturgy of film form [the dialectical approach to film form] / Sergei Eisenstein from What is cinema? Evolution of the language of cinema / André Bazin Toward a non-bourgeois camera style / Brian Henderson from Film language. Some points in the semiotics of cinema ; Problems of denotation in the fiction film / Christian Metz Semiotics and the cinema : Metz and Wollen / Gilbert Harman Discourse of pictures : iconicity and film studies / Stephen Prince Tutor-code of classical cinema / Daniel Dayan Against "the system of the suture" / William Rothman Spectator-in-the-text : the rhetoric of Stagecoach / Nick Browne from Theory of film. Basic concepts / Siegfried Kracauer from What is cinema? Ontology of the photographic image ; Myth of total cinema / André Bazin from Film as art. Complete film / Rudolf Arnheim Apparatus : metapsychological approaches to the impression of reality in cinema / Jean-Louis Baudry from Mystifying movies. Jean-Louis Baudry and "The apparatus" / Noël Carroll from Vision and visuality. Modernizing vision / Jonathan Crary from Cinema 1 and Cinema 2. Preface to the English edition ; Origin of the crisis : Italian neo-realism and the French new wave ; Beyond the movement-image / Gilles Deleuze

Style and medium in the motion pictures / Erwin Panofsky from Theory of film. Establishment of physical existence / Siegfried Kracauer from Theory of the film. Close-up ; Face of man / Béla Balász from Film as art. Film and reality ; Making of a film / Rudolf Arnheim from Philosophical problems of classical film theory. Specificity thesis / Noël Carroll from Film/cinema/movie. Projection / Gerald Mast from The world viewed. Photograph and screen ; Audience, actor, and star ; Types, cycles as genres ; Ideas of origin / Stanley Cavell Statement on sound / Sergei Eisenstein, Vsevelod Pudovkin, Grigori Alexandrov Voice in the cinema : the articulation of body and space / Mary Ann Doane Technology and aesthetics of film sound / John Belton from What is cinema? Theater and cinema / André Bazin from The world in a frame. Acting : stage vs. screen / Leo Braudy from Film form. Dickens, Griffith, and ourselves ; [Dickens, Griffith, and film today] / Sergei Eisenstein from Concepts in film theory. Adaptation / Dudley Andrew from Novel to film. Backgrounds / Brian McFarlane from D.W. Griffith and the origins of American narrative film. Narrative discourse and the narrator system / Tom Gunning Film music and narrative agency / Jerrold Levinson Godard and counter cinema ; Vent d'est / Peter Wollen from Poetics of cinema. Cognition and comprehension : viewing and forgetting in Mildred Pierce / David Bordwell

Notes on the auteur theory in 1962 / Andrew Sarris from Signs and meaning in the cinema. Auteur theory [Howard Hawks and John Ford] / Peter Wollen Face of Garbo / Roland Barthes from The material ghost. [On Keaton and Chaplin] / Gilberto Perez From Stars / Richard Dyer from Acting in the cinema. Katharine Hepburn in Holiday / James Naremore from From reverence to rape. Female stars of the 1940s / Molly Haskell How Howard Hawks brought Baby up : an Apologia for the studio system / Richard B. Jewell from The genius of the system. "Whole equation of pictures" / Thomas Schatz from The world in a frame. Genre : the conventions of connection / Leo Braudy Semantic/syntactic approach to film genre / Rick Altman from Hollywood genres. Film genre and the genre film / Thomas Schatz Gangster as tragic hero / Robert Warshow Notes on film noir / Paul Schrader Ideology, genre, auteur / Robin Wood Film bodies : gender, genre, and excess / Linda Williams Terror of pleasure : the contemporary horror film and postmodern theory / Tania Modleski Feminist frameworks for horror films / Cynthia A. Freeland Art cinema as a mode of film practice / David Bordwell

Work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction / Walter Benjamin

Cinema/ideology/criticism / Jean-Luc Comolli, Jean Narboni

from The imaginary signifier. Identification, mirror ; Passion for perceiving ; Disavowal, fetishism / Christian Metz

Visual pleasure and narrative cinema / Laura Mulvey

from The women who knew too much : Hitchcock and feminist theory. Master's dollhouse : Rear window / Tania Modleski

Aesthetic of astonishment : early film and the (in)credulous spectator / Tom Gunning

Colonialism, racism, and representation : an introduction / Robert Stam, Louise Spence

Black spectatorship : problems of identification and resistance / Manthia Diawara

from The language of new media. Synthetic realism and its discontents ; Synthetic image and its subject ; Digital cinema and the history of a moving image / Lev Manovich

End of cinema : multimedia and technological change / Anne Friedberg

from Change mummified / Philip Rosen

Impact of digital technologies on film aesthetics / Michael Allen

Tales of upward mobility : the new verticality and digital special effects / Kristen Whissel

Reconceptualizing national cinema(s) / Stephen Crofts

Difficulty of being radical : the discipline of film studies and the postcolonial world order / Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto

Issues in world cinema / Wimal Dissanayake.

I. Film Language

On Editing / Vsevolod Pudovkin

Beyond the Shot [The Cinematographic Principle and the Ideogram] / Sergei Eisenstein

Dramaturgy of Film Form [The Dialectical Approach to Film Form] / Sergei Eisenstein

Evolution of the Language of Cinema / Andre Bazin

Toward a Non-Bourgeois Camera Style / Brian Henderson

Some Points in the Semiotics of the Cinema / Christian Metz

Problems of Denotation in the Fiction Film / Christian Metz

Discourse of Pictures: Iconicity and Film Studies / Stephen Prince

Tutor-Code of Classical Cinema / Daniel Dayan

Spectator-In-the-Text: The Rhetoric of Stagecoach / Nick Browne

II. Film and Reality

Basic Concepts / Siegfried Kracauer

Cabinet of Dr. Caligari / Siegfried Kracauer

Ontology of the Photographic Image / Andre Bazin

Myth of Total Cinema / Andre Bazin

De Sica: Metteur-en-scene / Andre Bazin

Complete Film / Rudolf Arnheim

Cinematography: The Creative Use of Reality / Maya Deren

From Metaphors on Vision / Stan Brakhage

Apparatus: Metapsychological Approaches to the Impression of Reality in Cinema / Jean-Louis Baudry

Jean-Louis Baudry and "The Apparatus" / Noel Carroll

Preface to the English Edition / Gilles Deleuze

Origin of the Crisis: Italian Neo-realism and the French New Wave / Gilles Deleuze

Beyond the Movement-Image / Gilles Deleuze

True Lies: Perceptual Realism, Digital Images, and Film Theory / Stephen Prince

III. Film Medium: Image and Sound

Style and Medium in the Motion Pictures / Erwin Panofsky

Establishment of Physical Existence / Siegfried Kracauer

Close-up / Bela Balasz

Face of Man / Bela Balasz

Film and Reality / Rudolf Arnheim

Making of a Film / Rudolf Arnheim

Specificity Thesis / Noel Carroll

Projection / Gerald Mast

Photograph and Screen / Stanley Cavell

Audience, Actor, and Star / Stanley Cavell

Types: Cycles as Genres / Stanley Cavell

Ideas of Origin / Stanley Cavell

Ideological Effects of the Basic Cinematographic Apparatus / Jean-Louis Baudry

Aural Objects / Christian Metz

Statement on Sound / Sergei Eisenstein, Vsevolod Pudovkin and Grigori Alexandrov

Voice in the Cinema: The Articulation of Body and Space / Mary Ann Doane

Technology and Aesthetics of Film Sound / John Belton

Broadcast TV as Sound and Image / John Ellis

IV. Film Narrative and the Other Arts

Means of the Photoplay / Hugo Munsterberg

Theater and Cinema / Andre Bazin

Acting: Stage vs. Screen / Leo Braudy

Dickens, Griffith, and Ourselves [Dickens, Griffith, and Film Today] / Sergei Eisenstein

What Novels Can Do That Films Can't (and Vice Versa) / Seymour Chatman

Adaptation / Dudley Andrew

Narrative Discourse and the Narrator System / Tom Gunning

Film Music and Narrative Agency / Jerrold Levinson

Concept of Cinematic Excess / Kristin Thompson

Godard and Counter Cinema: Vent d'Est / Peter Wollen

'Trashing' the Academy: Taste, Excess, and an Emerging Politics of Cinematic Style / Jeffrey Sconce

V. Film Artist

Notes on the Auteur Theory in 1962 / Andrew Sarris

Auteur Theory / Peter Wollen

How Howard Hawks Brought Baby Up: An Apologia for the Studio System / Richard B. Jewell

Face of Garbo / Roland Barthes

Keaton and Chaplin / Gilberto Perez

Stars as a Cinematic Phenomenon / John Ellis

Role of the Star in Film History [Joan Crawford] / Robert C. Allen

Female Stars of the 1940s / Molly Haskell

Valentino and Female Spectatorship / Miriam Hansen

"The Whole Equation of Pictures" / Thomas Schatz

VI. Film Genres

Genre: The Conventions of Connection / Leo Braudy

Semantic/Syntactic Approach to Film Genre / Rick Altman

Film Genre and the Genre Film / Thomas Schatz

Movie Chronicle: The Westerner / Robert Warshow

Ideology, Genre, Auteur / Robin Wood

Film Bodies: Gender, Genre, and Excess / Linda Williams

Feminist Frameworks for Horror Films / Cynthia A. Freeland

Terror of Pleasure: The Contemporary Horror Film and Postmodern Theory / Tania Modleski

Art Cinema as a Mode of Film Practice / David Bordwell

VII. Film: Psychology, Ideology, and Technology

Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction / Walter Benjamin

Cinema/Ideology/Criticism / Jean-Luc Comolli and Jean Narboni

Identification, Mirror / Christian Metz

Passion for Perceiving / Christian Metz

Disavowal, Fetishism / Christian Metz

Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema / Laura Mulvey

Master's Dollhouse: Rear Window / Tania Modleski

Aesthetic of Astonishment: Early Film and the (In)Credulous Spectator / Tom Gunning

Colonialism, Racism, and Representation: An Introduction / Robert Stam and Louise Spence

Black Spectatorship: Problems of Identification and Resistance / Manthia Diawara

Digital Cinema: A False Revolution / John Belton

End of Cinema: Multimedia and Technological Change / Anne Friedberg.