Film Studies is a concise and indispensable introduction to the formal study of cinema. The second edition to this best-selling textbook adds two new chapters: "Film and Ideology" and "Film Studies in the Age of Digital Cinema.
Film Studies is a concise and indispensable introduction to the formal study of cinema. The second edition to this best-selling textbook adds two new chapters: "Film and Ideology" and "Film Studies in the Age of Digital Cinema.
Ed Sikov builds a step-by-step curriculum for the appreciation of all types of narrative cinema, detailing the essential elements of film form and systematically training the spectator to be an active reader and critic. Sikov primes the eye and mind in the special techniques of film analysis. His description of mise-en-scene helps readers grasp the significance of montage, which in turn reveals the importance of a director's use of camera move...
Ed Sikov builds a step-by-step curriculum for the appreciation of all types of narrative cinema, detailing the essential elements of film form and systematically training the spectator to be an active reader and critic. Sikov primes the eye and mind in the special techniques of film analysis. His description of mise-en-scene helps readers grasp the significance of montage, which in turn reveals the importance of a director's use of camera move...
Noted film critic and biographer Sikov has painted a detailed picture of legendary Hollywood star Bette Davis--the intelligent, opinionated, and unusual woman who was, according to a close friend, one of the major events of the 20th century.
In this revealing look at the short, eventful life of the gifted but troubled comic genius, Sikov offers unique insight into his unusual comedy style, his lonely childhood, his four marriages, his many films, and more. 16-page photo insert.
The first American biography of one of film's greatest comedians, Peter Sellers, "Mr. Strangelove" is the story of a screamingly funny, desperately unhappy soul--a man who thought he was empty.