Realist film theory and cinema
Subtitle: the nineteenth-century Lukácsian and intuitionist realist traditions
By: Ian Aitken
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Manchester, UK; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780719070006; 9780719070013
Subjects: Grierson, John, -- 1898-1972; Kracauer, Siegfried, -- 1889-1966; Bazin, André, -- 1918-1958; Lukács, György, -- 1885-1971; Realism in motion pictures
Description: Ian Aitken attempts a rigorous and systematic application of realist film theory to the analysis of particular films. He provides a comparative analysis of the theories of Grierson Bazin and Kracauer, also throws new light on Lukács theory of realism, and attempts to establish a new paradigm of film theory around realism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-241) and index