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Film: A Very Short Introduction

Paperback • 2012 • English

Film: A Very Short Introduction

By Michael Wood

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About the book

Film is considered by some to be the most dominant art form of the twentieth century. It is many things, but it has become above all a means of telling stories through images and sounds. The stories are often offered to us as quite false, frankly and beautifully fantastic, and they are sometimes insistently said to be true. But they are stories in both cases, and there are very few films, even in avant-garde art, that don't imply or quietly slip into narrative. This story element is important, a...Show more

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9780192803535

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Oxford University Press

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

Film: A Very Short Introduction

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Paperback

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