Screen Writings: Genres, Classics, and Aesthetics

by Bert Cardullo

'Screen Writings: Genres, Classics, and Aesthetics' offers close readings of genre films and acknowledged film classics in an attempt to explore both the aesthetics of genre and the definition of  'classic' - as well as the changing perception of so-called classic movies over time. Implicitly theoretical as much as it is unashamedly practical, this book is a model not only of film analysis, but also of the enlightened deployment of cultural studies in the service of cinema study.

210 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2010

About the author

Bert Cardullo is Professor of Media and Communication at the Izmir University of Economics in Turkey. His books include Playing to the Camera, An Idea of the Drama, and Screen Writings.