Auteur Theory and My Son John Paperback / softback
by James (Claremont McKenna College, USA) Morrison
Part of the Film Theory in Practice series
Paperback / softback
Description
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 cinéma 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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:12/07/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781501311741
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:12/07/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781501311741
