| Auteur Theory and My Son John Contributor(s): Morrison, James (Author), McGowan, Todd (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1501311743 ISBN-13: 9781501311741 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Individual Director - Performing Arts | Film - Direction & Production |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| LCCN: 2018028825 |
| Series: Film Theory in Practice |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.45 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The newest volume in the Film Theory in Practice Series, Auteur Theory and My Son John offers a concise introduction to authorship and auteur theory in jargon-free language. The book goes on to show this theory can be deployed to interpret Leo McCarey's notorious but undervalued film My Son John, which critics deemed a clear-cut failure, and the auteurists declared a masterpiece. James Morrison traces the development of auteur theory through its emergence in the pages of the French film journal Cahiers du cin ma and the complex permutations it undergoes subsequently. This history will help students and scholars who are eager to learn more about this important area of film theory. The analysis of My Son John shows how auteur theory enables modes of interpretation and discovers levels of meaning otherwise unavailable. |
Contributor Bio(s): McGowan, Todd: - Todd McGowan is Associate Professor of Film at the University of Vermont, US. He is the author of The Fictional Christopher Nolan (2012), Out of Time: Desire in Atemporal Cinema (2011), The Impossible David Lynch (2007), The Real Gaze: Film Theory After Lacan (2007), and other books. |