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Understanding Movies

by Louis D. Giannetti · 1972 · 611 pages

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'Understanding Movies' is designed to help students analyse movies with precision and technical sophistication. Its focus is on formalism - how the forms of the film create meaning. It is updated with recent films and personalities for students.

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Subject
literary criticism
Themes
moviesart
Setting
college
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 611 pages

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