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1	Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings more books like this by Leo Braudy (Editor), Marshall Cohen (Editor) add to wishlist Since publication of the first edition in 1974, Leo Braudy and Marshall Cohen's Film Theory and Criticism has been the most widely used and cited anthology of critical writings about film. Now in its seventh edition, this landmark text continues to offer outstanding coverage of more than a century of thought and writing about the movies. ... see all copies from $4.19! new only from $15.45! \| first editions \| SVS
2	On the Waterfront more books like this by Leo Braudy add to wishlist 'I could have been a contender, I could have been somebody.' So speaks the haunted former boxer Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) to his brother Charley (Rod Steiger) in a scene from On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954) that is one of the most famous in all cinema. Set among unionised New York longshoremen, Kazan's film (from a screenplay by Budd ... see all copies from $7.74! new only from $11.45! \| SVS
3	The Frenzy of Renown: Fame & Its History more books like this by Leo Braudy add to wishlist The author shows that the desire to be famous is far from being just a twentieth-century obsession, tracing the history of fame and its pursuit from Alexander the Great to the idolatry of media figures today. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity more books like this by Leo Braudy add to wishlist A New York Times Notable Book for 2003. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Refiguring American Film Genres: Theory and History more books like this by Nick Browne (Editor), Carol J Clover, Leo Braudy add to wishlist A collection of essays by American scholars examining fresh territory in genre film criticism. The contributors offer ways to think about types of films and patterns in films in a historical context. Included are essays on melodrama, race, "film noir" and the industrial context of genre production. see all copies from $5.33! new only from $5.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	World in a Frame: What We See in Films more books like this by Leo Braudy add to wishlist "An exciting, entertaining exploration of films. . . . [Braudy] attempts to understand rather than promulgate rules and categories, and somehow to keep the criteria of enjoyment in some meaningful connection with the criteria of judgment."--Robert Kirsch, "Los Angeles Times" see all copies from $1.99! first editions
7	Jean Renoir: The World of His Films more books like this by Leo Braudy add to wishlist see all copies from $2.00! first editions
8	Focus on Shoot the piano player. more books like this by Leo Braudy (Compiled by) add to wishlist see all copies from $2.59! first editions
9	Norman Mailer, a collection of critical essays more books like this by Leo Braudy (Compiled by) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
10	Native Informant: Essays on Film, Fiction, and Popular Culture more books like this by Leo Braudy add to wishlist This volume collects a number of articles covering the author's main areas of interest: 18th-century studies, the novel, films and the nature of popular culture. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Great Film Directors - Critical Essays more books like this by Leo Braudy (Editor), Morris Dickstein (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $2.11! first editions
12	The World in a Frame: What We See in Films, 25th Anniversary Edition more books like this by University of Chicago Press (Creator), Leo Braudy add to wishlist Now a classic, The World in a Frame covers the history of popular American films from the 1930s to the 1970s. Leo Braudy, one of America's leading film critics, gives an account of the histories of visual style and film genres, as well as techniques of characterization - all in an evolving cultural context. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition ... see all copies from $13.20! new only from $18.67! \| SVS
13	Narrative Form in History and Fiction: Hume, Fielding & Gibbon more books like this by Leo Braudy add to wishlist see all copies from $7.26! first editions
14	Shoot the Piano Player by Leo Braudy (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $6.00! first editions
15	The Plot of Time: Narrative Form in Hume, Fielding, and Gibbon more books like this by Leo Braudy add to wishlist see all copies from $17.99! new only from $48.82!
16	Great film directors : a critical anthology by Leo Braudy, Morris Dickstein add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00!

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