by V.F.Perkins (Author)
Film making is inevitably based on collaboration and often bogged down by compromise, yet the achievements of the great directors leave no doubt that the cinema is a supreme art form of the 20th century. Detailed analyses of scenes from well-known films, many of them Hollywood classics like "Psycho", show how film makers can tell a story and interpret the events at one and the same time. It is only when we understand the dual role of the camera as a ruthlessly realistic eye and creator of illusions that rational film criticism becomes possible.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 31 Jan 1991
ISBN 10: 0140135103
ISBN 13: 9780140135107