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V.F. Perkins

Born

in Devon, England

December 22, 1936

Died

July 15, 2016

Genre

Film

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Victor Francis Perkins, usually cited as V.F. Perkins, was an English film critic, best known for his work on film aesthetics and interpretation.

Perkins was a founder-editor of the journal Movie (1962 - 2000) and was employed as Teacher Adviser at the British Film Institute (BFI) before leaving to take up an academic post in 1968. He co-founded the film department at the University of Warwick in 1978, where he acted as a full time lecturer/senior lecturer until 2004.

Best known for his first book, Film as Film (1972), which quickly became a core text in Film Studies courses, Perkins influenced the way in which film is studied and became internationally known for his sharp intellect and jargon-less approach to the critical analysis of film. P ...more

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	Film as Film: Understanding and Judging Movies 4.06 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 1972 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magnificent Ambersons 3.85 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Règle du Jeu 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Realism and the Cinema: A Reader by Christopher Williams (Editor), V.F. Perkins (Contributor), Patrick Ogle (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1980 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Philosophy of Documentary Film by David LaRocca (Contributor), Timothy Corrigan (Foreword), Diana Allan (Contributor) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	V.F. Perkins on Movies: Collected Shorter Film Criticism by V.F. Perkins, Douglas Pye (editor), George M. Wilson (Foreword) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El lenguaje del cine really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yo confieso: Entrevistas y conversaciones con Alfred Hitchcock by André Bazin, Peter Bogdanovich, David Brad 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Movie 36 by Leon Hunt, V.F. Perkins, Douglas Pye 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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