Film Theory and Criticism
Subtitle: Introductory Readings
Contributors: Gerald Mast (Editor); Marshall Cohen (Editor); Leo Braudy (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: April 9, 1992
Language: eng
Number of pages: 816
ISBN-13: 9780195063981
First sentence: Because films embody, communicate, enforce, and suggest meanings, film theorists often suggested that film constitutes a language, a "visual esperanto."