Theory of Film Practice

Published by Secker & Warburg, London, 1973, hardcover, illustrated, index, 172 pages, condition: very good.

This classic in film theory, presents a systematic study of the techniques of the film medium and of their potential uses for creating formal structures in individual films such as Dovzhenko's Earth, Antonioni's La Notte, Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar, Renoir's Nana, and Godard's Pierrot le Fou.

A thorough book about what´s on the deepest layer and essence of cinema as an art, but also as a tool reinventing itself day by day. I enjoyed the practical examples and all the movies the author mentions. It´s a good beginning point in order to learn more about the cinema´s structure.