Auteurs and Authorship: A Film Reader

AuteursandAuthorship:AFilmReaderoffersstudentsanintroductoryandcomprehensiveviewofperhapsthemostcentralconceptinfilmstudies.Thisuniqueanthologyaddressestheaestheticandhistoricaldebatessurroundingauteurshipwhileprovidingauthorcriticismandanalysisinpractice.Examinesanumberofmainstreamandestablisheddirectors,includingJohnFord,AlfredHitchcock,HowardHawks,DouglasSirk,FrankCapra,KathrynBigelow,andSpikeLeeFeatureshistoricallyimportant,foundationaltextsaswellascontemporarypiecesIncludesnumerousstudentfeatures,suchasageneraleditor’sintroduction,shortprefacestoeachofthesections,bibliography,alternativetablesofcontents,andboxedfeaturesEachessaydeliberatelyfocusesacrossfilmmakers’oeuvres,ratherthanononespecificfilm,toenablelecturerstohaveflexibilityinconstructingtheirsyllabi