Theorizing the Moving Image (Cambridge Studies in Film)
Description :
Theorizing the Moving Image brings together a selection of essays written by one of the leading critics of film over the past two
decades In this volume, No235l Carroll examines theoretical aspects of film and television through penetrating analyses of such genres as soap opera, documentary, and comedy, and such topics as sight gags, film metaphor, pointofview editing, and movie music
Throughout, individual films are considered in depth Carrolls essays, moreover, represent the cognitivist turn in film studies, containing indepth criticism of existing approaches to film theory, and heralding a new approach to film theory