Beschreibung:
Critical Cinema: Beyond the Theory of Practice purges the obstructive line between the making of and the theorising on film, uniting theory and practice in order to move beyond the commercial confines of Hollywood. Opening with an introduction by Bill Nichols, one of the world's leading writers on nonfiction film, this volume features contributions by such prominent authors as Noel Burch, Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen, Brian Winston and Patrick Fuery. Seminal filmmakers such as Peter Greenaway and Mike Figgis also contribute to the debate, making this book a critical text for students, academics, and independent filmmakers as well as for any reader interested in new perspectives on culture and film.
Critical Cinema: Beyond the Theory of Practice purges the obstructive line between the making of and the theorising on film, uniting theory and practice in order to move beyond the commercial confines of Hollywood. Opening with an introduction by Bill Nichols, one of the world's leading writers on nonfiction film, this volume features contributions by such prominent authors as Noel Burch, Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen, Brian Winston and Patrick Fuery. Seminal filmmakers such as Peter Greenaway and Mike Figgis also contribute to the debate, making this book a critical text for students, academics, and independent filmmakers as well as for any reader interested in new perspectives on culture and film.
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Foreword, by Bill Nichols
Introduction, by Clive Myer
Part 1: Reframing
1. Theoretical Practice: Diegesis Is Not a Code of Cinema, by Clive Myer
2. Cinema, Theory, Women, by Noel Burch
3. Theory and Practice, by Peter Wollen
4. Passing Time: Reflections on the Old and the New, by Laura Mulvey
5. Sublime Acts: The Fate of Resistance Between Film Theory and Practice, by Patrick Fuery
6. Rancière and the Persistence of Film Theory, by Nico Baumbach
7. Behind the Mask of the Screenplay: The Screen Idea, by Ian W. Macdonald
8. The Theory-Practice Interface in Film Education: Observational Documentary in India, by Aparna Sharma
9. The Student Author, Lacanian Discourse Theory, and La nuit américaine, by Coral Houtman
10. Just Because You Have Eyes Does Not Mean You Can See, by Peter Greenaway
11. Theory for Practice: Ceci n'est pas l'épistémologie, by Brian Winston
Part 2: Conversations
12. Film and Philosophy: An Interview with Mike Figgis, by Clive Myer
13. Playing with New Toys: An Interview with Peter Greenaway, by Clive Myer
14. An Interview with Noel Burch: Playing with Toys by the Wayside, by Clive Myer
Index
