Film Technique and Film Acting: The Cinema Writings of V.I. Pudovkin

By Vsevolod Pudovkin and Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin

Book Overview

This vintage book contains two pioneering volumes on the subject of film making by V.I. Pudovkin. Considered two of the most valuable manuals of the practice and theory of film making ever written, these texts will prove invaluable for the student or film enthusiast, and are not to be missed by discerning collectors of such literature. The chapters of this volume include: 'The Film Scenario and Its Theory', 'Film Director and Film Material', 'Types Instead of Actors', 'Close-Ups in Time', 'Asynchronism as a Principle of Sound Film', 'Rhythmic Problems in my First Sound Film', 'Notes and Appendices', 'Film Acting', et cetera. Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin (1893 - 1953) was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and actor, famous for developing influential theories of montage. This volume is being republished now complete with a new prefatory biography of the author.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1406705446
• ISBN13: 9781406705447
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Read Books
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Essential little text on editing

This volume is actually two books. I won't comment on Film Acting as I'm not familiar with it but I do have a copy of Film Technique. A good little tome on the art of editing that is much easier to get into than Eisenstein's indigestable texts. It has been unfairly neglected by film schools over the year and I am surprised that no one has done a re-print.BTW - Stanley Kubrick reccomends this book to anyone who has any interest in the cinema.