Film, In Theory
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-83902-633-1 (ISBN)
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Film, In Theory offers the first sustained history of the formation of modern film studies in Britain. It balances unpublished archival materials from the BFI archive and interviews with key figures from the era, including Laura Mulvey, Colin MacArthur, Jacqueline Rose, Judith Williamson, and many more, with an approach rooted in cultural and intellectual history to tell the story of the BFI’s fresh and invigorating approach to film studies.
The book tells the story of the institute's pioneering education programme, spearheaded by Paddy Whannel. It also details the remarkable work undertaken by Screen journal, including first-hand accounts of the writing and editing of Laura Mulvey's hugely influential essay on visual pleasure and narrative cinema. During this period of cultural and intellectual experimentation, the theoretical borders were open and key figures at the BFI borrowed from a remarkably wide range of sources spanning aesthetics, Marxism, French theory, and the Frankfurt School. Film Studies emerged amidst an artistic and intellectual tide where the films of Jean-Luc Godard, the re-discovery of Hollywood, the structuralism of Claude Lévi-Strauss, the semiology of Roland Barthes, and the politics of the 'New Left' combined and collided to intoxicating effect.
Colm McAuliffe is a writer and curator from Co. Cork. He collaborates with artists and filmmakers, creating films, exhibitions, live performances, as well as writing fiction and non-fiction. He worked on the award winning Make Film History project which opened up the archives from the BBC, BFI, Irish Film Archive, and Northern Ireland Screen for creative reuse by emerging filmmakers and artists, producing over 100 films. He has also produced experimental films with composers Mica Levi and Stephen Mallinder, and lectured at Yale University, Birkbeck Colllege, Goldsmiths, and the Guildhall School of Music.
Introduction
1. Before Hollywood: What Was Film Appreciation?
2. Film Culture: The Appointment of Paddy Whannel
3. A Vivid Impulse: The Appointment of Peter Wollen
4. Give Me A Sign: The Cinema One Series
5. Fractures in the Edifice: The Departure of Whannel and Wollen
6. Screen Journal
7. The Afterlives of Film Studies
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.2.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 26 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 420 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-83902-633-2 / 1839026332 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-83902-633-1 / 9781839026331 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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