Film Analysis: A Casebook by Bert Cardullo

By Bert Cardullo

Film research: A Casebook deals an obtainable advent to movie research via shut readings of 25 traditionally major motion pictures from round the world.

• contains a geographically different collection of motion pictures and administrators, with illustration from 20 assorted countries
• Covers some of the relevant motion pictures handled in today’s cinema classes, and the problems raised approximately them
• offers scholars with sensible versions to assist them enhance their very own writing and analytical skills
• Supplemented with movie credit, photos, and bibliographies; director filmographies, a thesaurus of movie phrases, and urged themes for writing and discussion

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