European Film Theory and Cinema explores the major film theories and movements within European cinema since the early 1900s. An original and critically astute study, it considers film theory within the context of the intellectual climate of the last two centuries. Ian Aitkin focuses particularly on the two major traditions that dominate European film theory and cinema: the "intuitionist modernist and realist" tradition and the "post-Saussurian" tradition. The first originates in a philosophical lineage that encompasses German idealist philosophy, romanticism, phenomenology, and the...
European Film Theory and Cinema explores the major film theories and movements within European cinema since the early 1900s. An original and critic...
This is the first book to attempt a rigorous and systematic application of realist film theory to the analysis of particular films. Ian Aitken embraces studies of cinematic realism and 19th century tradition, the realist film theories of Lukacs, Grierson, Bazin and Kracauer, and the relationship of realist film theory to the general field of film theory and philosophy. The book suggests new ways forward for a new series of studies in cinematic realism, and for a new form of film theory based on realism. It stresses the importance of the question of realism both in film studies and in...
This is the first book to attempt a rigorous and systematic application of realist film theory to the analysis of particular films. Ian Aitken embrace...
First published in 1983, Diseases of Sheep has become a definitive reference book on sheep diseases. This new edition has been revised and updated to maintain its original core structure and its international approach to the many diseases which affect sheep. Any veterinary surgeon or agriculturalist who works with sheep will continue to find the information in this book the most authoritative and comprehensive available.
Known to many as the -Moredun Sheep Book- because of its association with the Moredun Research Institute, long recognised as a centre of excellence in...
First published in 1983, Diseases of Sheep has become a definitive reference book on sheep diseases. This new edition has been revised and upda...
The Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film is a fully international reference work on the history of the documentary film from the Lumiere brothers' WorkersLeaving the Lumiere Factory (1885) to Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911 (2004). This Encyclopedia provides a resource that critically analyzes that history in all its aspects. Not only does this Encyclopedia examine individual films and the careers of individual film makers, it also provides overview articles of national and regional documentary film history. It explains concepts and themes...
The Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film is a fully international reference work on the history of the documentary film from the Lumiere brot...
An exploration of the major film theories and cinema movements within European cinema from the 1920s onwards. The content of the book is organized around the twin paradigms of realism and modernism, and covers areas of European cinema such as Soviet montage cinema, French impressionism, German expressionism, Italian neo-realism, the French and German new waves, and issues around realism and modernism within contemporary cinema. The book also covers the film theories of Eisenstein, Bazin and Kracauer, and theoretical debates over structuralism and post-structuralism. Case studies are included,...
An exploration of the major film theories and cinema movements within European cinema from the 1920s onwards. The content of the book is organized aro...
Does Hong Kong have a significant tradition of documentary film-making? Until recently, many film scholars believed not. Yet, when Ian Aitken and Michael Ingham challenged this assumption, they discovered a rich cinematic tradition dating back to the 1890s. Under-researched and often forgotten, documentary film-making in Hong Kong includes a thriving independent documentary film movement, a large archive of documentaries made by the colonial film units, and a number of classic British official films. Case studies from all four categories are examined in this book, including The Battle...
Does Hong Kong have a significant tradition of documentary film-making? Until recently, many film scholars believed not. Yet, when Ian Aitken and ...
The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film is a fully international reference work on the history of the documentary film from the Lumi re brothers' Workers Leaving the Lumi re Factory (1885) to Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911 (2004).
Previously published in three volumes, entries have been edited and updated for the new, concise edition and three new entries have been added on: India, China and Africa.
The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film:
Discusses individual films and filmmakers including little-known filmmakers from countries such as...
The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film is a fully international reference work on the history of the documentary film from the ...
Documentary film is cinema s oldest form, dating back to the medium s invention at the turn of twentieth century. From cinema s earliest days, important documentary films and film-makers have emerged continuously and, today, interest in documentary film remains substantial, and is rapidly growing. Standing conferences have been instituted, and new scholarly journals and festivals devoted to the genre are blossoming. Indeed, documentary film culture flourishes, particularly in the developing world and in non-democratic states. China s burgeoning underground documentary film movement, for...
Documentary film is cinema s oldest form, dating back to the medium s invention at the turn of twentieth century. From cinema s earliest days, impo...
Best known for his documentaries such as Drifters, North Sea, and Housing Problems, John Grierson was the most important figure in the British documentary film movement and one of the most influential of British film theorists.
This major assessment of Grierson and the documentary film movement examines the intellectual and aesthetic influences on his work, focusing on the material he produced in the inter-war years and comparing the idealistic strain of Grierson's social commentary with other social reformists such as the Next Five Years Group and writers like...
Best known for his documentaries such as Drifters, North Sea, and Housing Problems, John Grierson was the most important figur...
