"The 1920s by questioning the formal essential attributes of motion pictures."
An exploration of the critical approaches and frameworks that are used to analyze and interpret films, including formalist, auteurist, feminist, Marxist, and psychoanalytic theories.
"Understanding film's relationship to reality, the other arts, individual viewers, and society at large."
"Film theory is not to be confused with general film criticism, or film history."
"Film theory overlaps with the philosophy of film."
"Some branches of film theory are derived from linguistics and literary theory."
"These three disciplines interrelate."
"Questioning the formal essential attributes of motion pictures."
"Film's relationship to reality, the other arts, individual viewers, and society at large."
"Provides conceptual frameworks for understanding film's relationship to reality, the other arts, individual viewers, and society at large."
"No, film theory goes beyond analyzing the formal aspects of movies."
"Film theory overlaps with the philosophy of film."
"Yes, film theory is an academic discipline within film or cinema studies."
"Film theory is not to be confused with general film criticism, or film history."
"Some branches of film theory are derived from linguistics and literary theory."
"These three disciplines interrelate."
"To understand film's relationship to reality, the other arts, individual viewers, and society at large."
"Provides conceptual frameworks for understanding film's relationship to reality, the other arts, individual viewers, and society at large."
"Yes, film theory provides frameworks to explore film's relationship to society at large."
"Provides conceptual frameworks for understanding film's relationship to reality, the other arts, individual viewers, and society at large."
"Some branches of film theory are derived from linguistics and literary theory."