Film Analysis: A Norton Reader

by Jeffrey Geiger (Editor), R. L. Rutsky (Editor)

Fifty essays on fifty films―by a who’s-who of film studies. Film Analysis offers concise analyses of fifty diverse and historically significant films―each written exclusively for the text by a leading scholar. Written with the undergraduate in mind, the essays are clear, readable, and great models for students to follow in helping them to hone their own writing. The Second Edition includes six new essays, a new, detailed guide to writing film analysis, and an extensive, up-to-date glossary of critical film terms.

Genres: Film, Nonfiction, Textbooks

1134 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2005

Reviews

[Sioned Raybould · Rating 4 out of 5]

I suppose if you have a passion for film (both historical and contemporary) this would be a great read. It's very in depth and helped me a lot in those first year film seminars where I hadn't actually watched the film.. Even so, it is quite interesting, but it is a text book which centres on specific films as opposed to the subject as a whole. However, those specific films are basically the key motion pictures which contributed to what we see in the cinema today, so it is quite informative in that respect and offers insight. 4* as it got me through my seminars.