Cinema theory. From Eisenstein to Tarkovsky. Textbook for universities

The author - the famous theorist and historian of cinema - sets out his concept of cinema as the art of the twentieth century, evaluates his role in the spiritual life of modern man. The boundaries of the study are quite wide: from classical cinema to modern. In the field of attention of the author, the problems of the relationship of cinema and television, "high" and "low" genres, modern style in the cinema, the method of cinema and its differences from the method of theater, literature, painting and music.
The book is addressed to a wide circle of readers interested in the problems of cinema, and can also be recommended for students of theatrical and cinematic universities studying at the course "theory of film art".
10th edition