Title: Realist Film Theory and Cinema
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.
Subjects: Realism in motion pictures, Motion pictures, history
People: André Bazin (1918-1958), György Lukács (1885-1971), John Grierson (1898-1972), Siegfried Kracauer (1889-1966)