Speaking about the kind of filmmaking now known as Classic Hollywood, the most popular and influential cinema ever invented, Vincente Minnelli once gave away it

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This collection displays a range of approaches and contemporary developments in the expanding field of film-philosophy. The essays explore central issues surrou

This book defends an account of ambiguity which illuminates the aesthetic possibilities of film and the nature of film criticism. Ambiguity typically describes